USS Kenmore (AK-221)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Kenmore.
USS Kenmore (AP-162/AK-221) was a Crater-class cargo ship built during World War II for the US Navy. Kenmore was named after George Washington's sister Betty's house Kenmore. Kenmore was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
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USS Kenmore (AK-221), in San Francisco Bay, California, in late 1945 or early 1946. | |
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Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
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Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 1664[1] |
Builder | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California |
Yard number | 197[1] |
Way number | 3[1] |
Laid down | 8 May 1943 |
Launched | 30 May 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. T. J. Bluechel |
In service | 12 June 1943 |
Renamed | Kenmore, 27 October 1943 |
Reclassified | Naval Transport, 27 October 1943 |
Identification | Hull symbol: AP-162 |
Fate | transferred to the US Navy, 14 November 1943 |
United States | |
Name | Kenmore |
Acquired | 14 November 1943 |
Commissioned | 14 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1 February 1946 |
Reclassified | Cargo Ship, 20 August 1944 |
Stricken | 25 February 1946 |
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Honors and awards | 2 × battle star |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 13 February 1973, removed, 26 March 1973 |
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Class and type | Crater-class cargo ship |
Type | Type EC2-S-C1 |
Displacement | |
Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Draft | 28 ft 4 in (8.64 m) |
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Speed | 12.8 kn (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph) |
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