USS ''Pemiscot'' (AK-201) was an that was constructed for the
US Navy during the closing period of
World War II. By the time she was scheduled for commissioning, the war's end caused her to be declared “excess to needs” and she was returned to the US Government and struck by the Navy.
Construction
''Pemiscot'' was laid down under
US Maritime Commission
The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which was passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and was abolished on May 24, 195 ...
(MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2155, by Globe Shipbuilding Co.,
Superior, Wisconsin
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, 7 July 1944; launched 18 November 1944; and transferred down the
Great Lakes and the
Mississippi River to
New Orleans, Louisiana, between January and April 1945. Completed at the Pendleton Shipyard Co., she was transferred to the Navy 12 September 1945 at New Orleans.
Service history
''Pemiscot'' was scheduled to commission 12 September. However, because of the Allied victory in the
Pacific Ocean theatre of operations, her commissioning was delayed.
Inactivation
On 28 September she was ordered returned to the
U.S. Maritime Commission
The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which was passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and was abolished on May 24, 195 ...
, and was delivered to the
War Shipping Administration (WSA) at New Orleans 31 October. Her name was struck from the
Naval Register
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5 December 1945. She was subsequently renamed ''Coastal Competitor''.
Merchant service
''Coastal Competitor'' was used by several shipping companies from 1945 to 1948, when she was placed in the reserve fleet.
On 13 July 1956, she was sold to
Companhia Nacional de Navegacao Costerira, Patrimonio Nacional, of
Brazil, for $693,682, under the condition that she be used for coastal shipping. She was delivered on 25 December 1956. The ship was scrapped in 1975.
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Alamosa-class cargo ships
Ships built in Superior, Wisconsin
1944 ships
World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
Pemiscot County, Missouri