USS Rockdale
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USS Rockdale (AK-208) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She served with distinction in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations and returned home in 1946 to be placed into the "mothball" fleet and sold in 1947.
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Name | Rockdale |
Namesake | Rockdale County, Georgia |
Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2162[1] |
Builder | Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Yard number | 327[1] |
Laid down | 15 January 1944 |
Launched | 1 October 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. William R. Crawford |
Acquired | 5 June 1945 |
Commissioned | 26 June 1945 |
Decommissioned | 22 March 1946 |
Stricken | 12 April 1946 |
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Fate | Sold 11 February 1947, Nerlof Andersens Rederi A/S |
Norway | |
Name | Carina |
Owner | Nerlof Andersens Rederi A/S |
Acquired | 11 February 1947 |
Fate | Wrecked and scrapped, 1969 |
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Class and type | Alamosa-class cargo ship |
Type | C1-M-AV1 |
Tonnage | 5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)[1] |
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Length | 388 ft 8 in (118.47 m) |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft | 21 ft 1 in (6.43 m) |
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Propulsion | 1 × propeller |
Speed | 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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