USS Camano (AG-130)
| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Camano |
| Namesake: | An island off the State of Washington |
| Builder: | Wheeler Shipbuilding Corporation, Whitestone, Long Island, New York |
| Laid down: | date unknown, as FS-256 for the U.S. Army |
| Acquired: | by the US Navy, 16 July 1947, at Apra, Guam, as Miscellaneous Auxiliary |
| Commissioned: | 16 July 1947 as USS Camano (AG-130) |
| Decommissioned: | 26 July 1951 |
| Reclassified: | AKL-1, 31 March 1949 |
| Struck: | date unknown |
| Fate: | fate unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Camano-class cargo ship |
| Displacement: | 550 tons |
| Length: | 177 ft |
| Beam: | 33 ft |
| Draft: | 10 ft |
| Propulsion: | two 500 hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Complement: | 42 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | Two .50 caliber machines guns, one on Port and one on Starboard side of flying bridge. |
USS Camano (AG-130/AKL-1) was an Army Design 381 coastal freighter acquired by the U.S. Navy 16 July 1947 at Apra, Guam and became the lead ship of her class of cargo ship. She was configured as a Navy transport and cargo ship and operated with the U.S. Pacific Fleet until 1951, when she was turned over to the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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