USS Alamosa
AK-156
1944
(Neptun N-1394a)
- Class: Alamosa - 60 C1-M-AV1 cargo ships of 1943
- Displacement: 2,382 tons standard / 7,450 tons full load
- Dimensions: 388'8" x 50' x 21'1"
- Machinery: 1 Nordberg TSM 6 diesel, single shaft, 1,750 SHP = 11.5 knots
- Armament: 1-3in/50 DP, 6-20mm AA (6x1) guns
- Complement: 79
- Builder: Kaiser Shipbuilding Co, Yard #58, Richmond, CA
- Keel Laid: 15 Nov 1943
- Launched: 14 Apr 1944
- Commissioned: 10 Aug 1944 / 20 Sep 1944
- Decommissioned: 25 Aug 1944 / 20 May 1946
- Notes: Lead ship of the Navy's C1-M-AV1 class of coastal cargo ships. Shortly after completion she was converted to an ammunition issue ship. After taking on ammunition at San Francisco, she sailed for the Marshall Islands Nov 1944. Assigned to Service Squadron 8, she carried ammo and cargo between Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, Ulithi, Peleliu, and Leyte for the remainder of the Pacific war.
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