USS Screven

USS Screven (AK-210) seen here prior to commissioning, possibly fitting out or undergoing trials at Leathem D Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
History
United States
Name	Screven
Namesake	Screven County, Georgia
Ordered	as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2164[1]
Builder	Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Yard number	330[1]
Laid down	11 July 1944
Launched	30 November 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Harold Roeth
Acquired	3 July 1945
Commissioned	2 August 1945
Decommissioned	30 April 1946
Stricken	8 May 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-210 Code letters: NXNX
Fate	Sold 26 February 1947, to Benham and Boyesin, Inc, Norway
Norway
Name	Norlindo
Owner	Benham and Boyesin, Inc, Norway
Acquired	26 February 1947
Fate	Sold 1959
Peru
Name	Ilo
Namesake	City of Ilo
Owner	Peruvian Navy
Acquired	1959
Identification	A 133[1]
Fate	Sold to Spanish shipbreaker in 1968
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Alamosa-class cargo ship
Type	C1-M-AV1
Tonnage	5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)[1]
Displacement	2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard) 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load)
Length	388 ft 8 in (118.47 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Installed power	1 × Nordberg, TSM 6 diesel engine 1,750 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × propeller
Speed	11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT 9,830 cu ft (278 m3) (refrigerated) 227,730 cu ft (6,449 m3) (non-refrigerated)
Complement	15 Officers 70 Enlisted
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual purpose gun (DP) 6 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons

USS Screven (AK-210) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations and returned home in 1946 to be placed into the "mothball fleet" where she remained until sold in 1947 for commercial maritime service.

Screven was laid down under US Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2164, on 11 July 1944, by Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 30 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Harold Roeth; acquired on 3 July 1945; and commissioned on 2 August 1945.^[3][2]

After shakedown, Screven arrived at Gulfport, Mississippi, on 31 August 1945 to load cargo. She sailed on 21 September and, after stops at the Panama Canal Zone and Pearl Harbor, arrived at Guam on 16 November. Departing from Guam on 19 December, the ship arrived at San Francisco, on 9 January 1946 and proceeded to the US East Coast.^[3]

Screven arrived at Baltimore, Maryland, on 10 April for inactivation, and was decommissioned on 30 April. She was redelivered to the Maritime Commission on 7 May 1946 and struck from the Navy List on 8 May.^[3]

The freighter was purchased 26 February 1947, for $693,862,^[4] by the Norwegian firm of Benham and Boyesin, Inc. She was renamed Norlindo.^[3]

In 1959 she became the Peruvian Navy transport, Ilo (A 133).^[1] She was sold to Spanish shipbreakers in 1968.^[3]

Citations

• Photo gallery of USS Screven (AK-210) at NavSource Naval History