USS Minidoka
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Minidoka County, Idaho |
| Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2127 |
| Builder | Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin |
| Yard number | 45 |
| Laid down | 26 August 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. R. N. Elder |
| Completed | 5 May 1945 |
| Commissioned | canceled 25 August 1945 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | returned to the Maritime Commission |
| United States | |
| Name | Coastal Herald |
| Owner | Maritime Commission |
| Operator |
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| Acquired | 4 December 1945 |
| In service | 4 December 1945 |
| Out of service | 2 July 1948 |
| Fate | Sold 13 July 1956 |
| Brazil | |
| Name | Coastal Herald |
| Operator | Companhia Nacional de Navegacao Costerira, Patrimonio Nacional |
| Acquired | 13 July 1956 |
| In service | 3 January 1957 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1977 |
| 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 Minidoka (AK-196) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was declared excess-to-needs and returned to the US Maritime Commission.