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Minidoka (AK-196)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Oscar - Kilo
NEOK

Alamosa Class Cargo Ship:

Laid down, 26 August 1944, as MV Coastal Herald a Maritime Commission type (C1-M-AV1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2127) at Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, WI.

Launched, 13 January 1945

Completed, 5 May 1945

Conversion for Naval service at Walter Butler Shipbuilding Inc., Superior, WI., canceled, 25 August 1945

Returned to the Maritime Commission for merchant service, name retained MV Coastal Herald

Merchant Service

GAA Waterman SS Corp., 4 December 1945, Beaumont, TX.

Chartered to United Fruit Co., 25 September 1946, at New Orleans, LA.

Laid up2 July 1948, in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX,

Sold foreign, Brazil, 13 July 1956, delivered, 3 January 1957

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 2,382 t.(lt) 7,450 t.(fl)
Length 338' 6"
Beam 50'
Draft 29' 2" (limiting)
Speed 11.5 kts.

Complement

Officers 15

Enlisted 70

Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.

Cargo Capacity 3,945 DWT

non-refrigerated 227,730 Cu ft

refrigerated 9,830 Cu ft

Armament

one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount

six single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacity Diesel 6,300 Bbls

Propulsion