>From the "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships," 

(1970) Vol. 5, p.248





PEMISCOT





	A county in the southeastern corner of Missouri.





AK-201

Displacement:  2,382 t. (light displacement)

Length:  338’6”

Beam:  50’

Draft:  21’1”

Speed:  11.5 k.

Complement:  85

Armament:  1 3”; 6 20mm

Class:  ALAMOSA

Maritime Commission Standard Type:  C1-M-AV1





	PEMISCOT (AK-201) was laid down under Maritime 

Commission contract by Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, 

Wis., 7 July 1944; launched 18 November 1944; and 

transferred down the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River 

to New Orleans, La., between January and April 1945.  

Completed at the Pendleton Shipyard Co., she was transferred 

to the Navy 12 September 1945 at New Orleans.



	PEMISCOT was scheduled to commission 12 September.  

However, because of the Allied victory in the Pacific her 

commissioning was delayed.  On 28 September, she was ordered 

returned to the Maritime Commission, and was delivered to 

the War Shipping Administration at New Orleans 31 October.  

Her name was struck from the Naval Register 5 December 1945.  

She was subsequently renamed COASTAL COMPETITION.





Transcribed by Michael Hansen

mhansen2@home.com