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Pemiscot (AK-201)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Mike - Romeo
NXMR

Alamosa Class Cargo Ship:

Laid down, 7 July 1944, as MV Coastal Competition, a Maritime Commission type (C1-M-AV1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2155) at Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, WI.

Launched, 18 November 1944

Converted for Naval service at Pendleton Shipyard Co., New Orleans, LA.

Acquired by the US Navy, 12 September 1945

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 31 October 1945, at New Orleans, name reverted to MV Coastal Competition

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1945

Merchant Service

GAA American Liberty Steamship Corp., 31 October 1945, at New Orleans

Chartered by United Fruit Co., 19 June 1946

GAA American West African Line Inc., 29 September 1946

Chartered by Lykes Bros, SS Co., Inc, 29 December 1946, at Mobile, AL.

GAA Atlantic Steamship Line, 4 April 1948

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX., 3 May 1948

Sold foreign, Brazil, 13 July 1956, at Beaumont, TX., delivered 25 December 1956

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