USS Lehigh (AK-192)

History
United States
Name
  • Coastal Expounder (1944–1945)
  • Lehigh (1945)
NamesakeLehigh County, Pennsylvania
Orderedas type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2123
BuilderWalter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number41
Laid down8 June 1944
Launched25 November 1944
Sponsored byMrs. Stanley Butler
Acquired30 July 1945
Commissioned13 September 1945
Decommissioned6 November 1945
Strickendate unknown
Identification
Fatereturned to Maritime Commission, 6 November 1945
History
United States
NameCoastal Archer
OwnerMaritime Commission
Operator
  • T.J. Stevenson & Company (1945)
  • New York and Cuba Mail (1946)
  • Agwilines Inc. (1946)
Acquired6 November 1945
In service6 November 1945
Out of service15 February 1948
FateSold, 7 March 1947
History
Brazil
NameRio Solimões
NamesakeSolimões River
OperatorLloyd Brasileiro, Patrimonio Nicional
Acquired15 February 1947
In service7 March 1947
FateScrapped 1969
General characteristics
Class & typeAlamosa-class cargo ship
TypeC1-M-AV1
Tonnage5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Displacement
  • 2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard)
  • 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load)
Length388 ft 8 in (118.47 m)
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 × propeller
Speed11.5 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

USS Lehigh (AK-192) was an Alamosa class cargo ship that was constructed by the United States Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was declared excess-to-needs and returned to the United States Maritime Commission shortly after commissioning.