USS Lancaster (AK-193)
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2124 |
| Builder | Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc., Superior, Wisconsin |
| Yard number | 42 |
| Laid down | 1 July 1944 |
| Launched | 15 December 1944 |
| Acquired | 21 September 1945 |
| Commissioned | 21 September 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 23 November 1945 |
| Stricken | date unknown |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Returned to Maritime Commission, 23 November 1945 |
| United States | |
| Name | Coastal Ringleader |
| Owner | Maritime Commission |
| Operator |
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| Acquired | 23 November 1945 |
| In service | 23 November 1945 |
| Out of service | 25 May 1948 |
| Fate | Sold, 13 July 1956 |
| Brazil | |
| Name | Coastal Ringleader |
| Operator | Companhia Nacional de Navegacao Costerira, Patrimonio Nacional |
| Acquired | 13 July 1956 |
| In service | 2 October 1956 |
| Fate | Hulked 1975, deleted 1992 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Alamosa-class cargo ship |
| Type | C1-M-AV1 |
| Tonnage | 5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Displacement |
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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) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 1 × propeller |
| Speed | 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Capacity |
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USS Lancaster (AK-193) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed by the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was declared excess-to-needs and returned to the US Maritime Commission shortly after commissioning.