USS Glacier (AK-183)
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Glacier |
| Namesake | Glacier County, Montana |
| Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2114 |
| Builder | Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin |
| Yard number | 32 |
| Laid down | 1944 |
| Launched | 22 April 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Agnes Kennedy |
| Acquired | 29 March 1945 |
| Commissioned | 14 April 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 19 February 1946 |
| Stricken | 12 March 1946 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold, 17 April 1948, to Koninklijke Nederlandsche StoombootMattschappij N.V., Amsterdam |
| History | |
| Netherlands | |
| Name | Hydra |
| Owner | Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mattschappij N.V. |
| Acquired | 17 April 1948 |
| Fate | Sold 1962 |
| History | |
| Saudi Arabia | |
| Name | Asma B |
| Owner | Saudi Lines |
| Acquired | 1962 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping in July 1970 at HSINKANG, China |
| 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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USS Glacier (AK-183) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during the final months of World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations for a short period of time before being decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Maritime Administration for dispositioning.