USS Keokuk (CMc-6)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | SS Henry M. Flagler |
| Namesake | Henry Morrison Flagler |
| Operator | Florida East Coast Car Ferry Company |
| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down | 1914 |
| Launched | 22 September 1914 |
| Fate | Requisitioned by US Navy, 28 July 1941 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Keokuk |
| Acquired | by requisition, 28 July 1941 |
| Commissioned | 28 February 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 5 December 1945 |
| Reclassified |
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| Fate | Sold, 7 March 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Commercial cargo carrier |
| Displacement | 6,150 long tons (6,249 t) |
| Length | 353 ft (108 m) |
| Beam | 57 ft (17 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 278 |
| Armament |
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| Service record | |
| Operations: | |
| Awards: | 5 battle stars |
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USS Keokuk (AN-5/CM-8/CMc-6/AKN-4) was a mine and net laying ship of the United States Navy during World War II.
Laid down in 1914 as the SS Henry M. Flagler by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, and renamed SS Columbia Heights in 1940, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy on 28 July 1941 for conversion to a coastal minelayer, CMc-6. Reclassified as a net layer, AN-5, and named USS Keokuk on 15 August 1941, she was commissioned on 28 February 1942. Reclassified as a minelayer, CM-8, on 18 May 1942, and again as a net cargo ship, AKN-4, in November 1943.