USS Kenosha (AK-190)
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Kenosha |
| Namesake | Kenosha County, Wisconsin |
| Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2121 |
| Builder | Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin |
| Yard number | 39 |
| Laid down | May 1944 |
| Launched | 25 August 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Marion Crowley |
| Acquired | 1 August 1945 |
| Commissioned | 7 September 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 16 April 1946 |
| Stricken | date unknown |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold Norway, 4 March 1947 |
| Norway | |
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| Acquired | 4 March 1947 |
| Refit | 1967, converted to an offshore drilling ship |
| Identification | IMO number: 5406522 |
| Fate | Scrapped 24 May 1984 |
| 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 Kenosha (AK-190) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that served the US Navy during the clean-up phase of World War II. When her service was no longer required in 1946, she was decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Maritime Commission where she was sold to the Kingdom of Norway in 1947.