.jpg) USSKingman | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Kingman |
| Namesake | Kingman County, Kansas |
| Builder | Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co. |
| Laid down | 8 January 1945 |
| Launched | 17 April 1945 |
| Commissioned | 27 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 15 January 1947 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1977 |
| Identification | APB-47 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 19 November 1980 |
| Notes | Ship International Radio Callsign: NDBD |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Benewah-classbarracks ship |
| Displacement | 4,000 tons |
| Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) |
| Propulsion | General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 28 officers, 275 enlisted |
| Armament | Two quad40 mm gun mounts |
USSKingman (APB-47) was a self-propelledbarracks ship in service with theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II, and briefly post-war. Laid down asLST-1113, she was then reclassified AKS-18 and namedKingman on 8 December 1944. She was then again reclassified APB-47 on 3 March 1945, and launched on 17 April 1945 by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., sponsored by Mrs. K. B. Bragg.Kingman shortly after, sailed to be fitted out inNew Orleans, Louisiana, and commissioned on 27 June 1945.
After her shakedown cruise in theGulf of Mexico,Kingman clearedGulfport,Mississippi, and steamed westward through thePanama Canal. She arrived atPearl Harbor on 2 September, the day of Japan's historic surrender. Five days later the barracks ship sailed for the Far East, arriving atSasebo,Japan on 8 October viaEniwetok andGuam. She remained in Japanese ports for 5 months, before loading America-bound troops and departing Sasebo on 16 March 1946.
Kingman arrived atSan Diego,California on 29 April and remained there until she was decommissioned on 15 January 1947. She was assigned to thePacific Reserve Fleet shortly after her decommissioning. She was struck from theNaval Register on 1 October 1977, after 30 years of being laid up, and was sold for scrapping, on 19 November 1980, toLevin Metals Corp. (PD-X-1034 of 6 October 1980) for $450,000.00, as part of a two ship group sale. She was scrapped in 1980.
During World War II,Kingman was assigned to theAsiatic-Pacific Theater.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
