USS Schuyler
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USS Schuyler (AK-209) 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 reserve "mothball" fleet where she silently remained until she was scrapped in 1971.
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Name | Schuyler |
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Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2163[1] |
Builder | Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Yard number | 329[1] |
Laid down | 27 May 1944 |
Launched | 26 October 1944 |
Sponsored by | Miss Marilyn Hughes |
Acquired | 20 June 1945 |
Commissioned | 13 July 1945 |
Decommissioned | 27 March 1946 |
Stricken | 5 June 1946 |
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Fate | Sold to Zidell Corp. for scrapping, 5 February 1971 |
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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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