USCGC Kukui (WAK-186)
USCGC Kukui (WAK-186), ex-USS Colquitt (AK-174), underway off the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland, 16 March 1946. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Colquitt |
| Namesake | Colquitt County, Georgia |
| Operator | |
| Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2147 |
| Builder | Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Yard number | 19 |
| Laid down | 1944 |
| Launched | 21 January 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Fred Zillman |
| Acquired | 17 August 1945 |
| Commissioned | 22 September 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 24 September 1945 |
| Stricken | 20 March 1946 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | transferred to the US Coast Guard, 24 September 1945 |
USCGC Kukui (WAK-186) underway, date and location unknown. | |
| United States | |
| Name | Kukui |
| Namesake | Kukui |
| Acquired | 24 September 1945 |
| Commissioned | 24 September 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 29 February 1972 |
| Identification | Hull symbol: WAK-186 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Republic of the Philippines, 1 March 1972 |
| History | |
| Philippines | |
| Name | Mactan |
| Namesake | Mactan Island |
| Acquired | 1 March 1972 |
| Identification | Hull symbol: TK90 |
| Fate | Deleted by the Philippines Navy, 7 June 2001 |
| 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) |
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| Propulsion | 1 × propeller |
| Speed | 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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USCGC Kukui (WAK-186) was a Maritime Commission Type C1-M small cargo ship launched 21 January 1945, by Froemming Brothers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, transferred to the Navy and commissioned and designated as USS Colquitt (AK-174) 22 September 1945. Two days later the ship was transferred to the Coast Guard for operation before being permanently transferred on 11 March 1946. Renamed Kukui and designated WAK-186 the ship was the largest in the Coast Guard with notable service installing, servicing and supplying the Loran-A and Loran-C electronic navigation chain stations in the Pacific until March 1972. The ship was transferred to the Philippines to serve as the Philippine Navy's supply ship BRP Mactan (TK90) until June 2001.