USS Lebanon (AK-191)

History
United States
Name	Coastal Archer (1944–1945); Lebanon (1945);
Namesake	Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Ordered	as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2122
Builder	Walter Butler Shipbuilding, Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number	40
Laid down	15 May 1944
Launched	14 October 1944
Acquired	25 August 1945
Commissioned	26 September 1945
Decommissioned	15 November 1945
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-191; Code letters: NEOA; ;
Fate	returned to Maritime Commission, 15 November 1945
History
United States
Name	Coastal Archer
Owner	Maritime Commission
Operator	West India SS Company (1945); Overlakes Freight Corp. (1946); Lykes Bros. SS Company, Inc. (1946–1947); Waterman SS Corp. (1948);
Acquired	15 November 1945
In service	25 November 1945
Out of service	25 June 1948
Fate	Sold, 13 July 1956
History
Brazil
Name	Coastal Archer
Acquired	13 July 1956
In service	22 August 1956
Fate	Scrapped 2 September 1986
General characteristics
Class and type	Alamosa-class cargo ship
Type	C1-M-AV1
Tonnage	5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Displacement	2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard); 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load);
Length	388 ft 8 in (118.47 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Installed power	1 × Nordberg, TSM 6 diesel engine ; 1,750 shp (1,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × propeller
Speed	11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT; 9,830 cu ft (278 m3) (refrigerated); 227,730 cu ft (6,449 m3) (non-refrigerated);
Complement	15 Officers; 70 Enlisted;
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual purpose gun (DP); 6 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons;

USS Lebanon (AK-191) was a Alamosa-class cargo ship constructed for the US Navy during the end of World War II. However, as the war was ending, the need for additional cargo ships was found not necessary and Lebanon was sold for commercial service.

Construction

Lebanon, the second U.S. Navy ship to bear that name, was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2122, by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin, 15 May 1944; launched 14 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Charles E. Denny; acquired by the Navy 25 August 1945; and commissioned at New Orleans, Louisiana, 26 September 1945.^[3]

Service history

World War II-related service

The end of World War II reduced the need for cargo ships and Lebanon decommissioned 15 November 1946. She was returned to the Maritime Commission the same day, was chartered to Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc., and renamed Coastal Archer.^[3]

Merchant service

Coastal Archer was used by several shipping companies from 1945–1948, when she was placed in the reserve fleet.^[2]

On 13 July 1956, she was sold to Brazil under the condition that she be used for coastal shipping by Brazil. She was delivered on 22 August 1956.^[4] Her final disposition is unknown.^[2]

Notes

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Navsource 2013.
^ ^a ^b DANFS 2016.
^ MARAD.

Bibliography

Online resources

"Lebanon II (AK-191)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"C1 Cargo Ships". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
"USS Lebanon (AK-191)". Navsource.org. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
"Coastal Archer". United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved 18 November 2016.