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USS Sebastian

Cargo ship of the United States Navy

History
United States
Name	Sebastian
Namesake	Sebastian County, Arkansas
Ordered	as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2165[1]
Builder	Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Yard number	331[1]
Laid down	10 August 1944
Launched	21 December 1944
Sponsored by	Miss J.C. Sullivan
Acquired	10 August 1945
Commissioned	11 September 1945
Decommissioned	14 November 1945
Stricken	28 November 1945
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-211 Code letters: NXOE
Fate	transferred back to MARCOM, 14 November 1945
United States
Name	Coastal Spartan
Owner	MARCOM
Operator	Fall River Navigation Company (1947)
Acquired	14 November 1945
In service	14 November 1945
Out of service	12 May 1948
Fate	sent to reserve fleet, 18 May 1948 loaned to US Army, 31 October 1966
United States
Name	Coastal Highflyer (1966–1967) Resolve (1967–)
Acquired	31 October 1966
Renamed	May 1967
Fate	Sold for scrap, 22 January 1976
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 Sebastian (AK-211) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was retained by the Navy for only a short period of service before being inactivated as "excess to needs."

Sebastian was laid down on 10 August 1944, under US Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2165, by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 21 December 1944; sponsored by Miss J.C. Sullivan; delivered to the U.S. Maritime Commission on 31 January 1945; acquired by the Navy on loan charter on 10 August 1945; converted to an AK at New Orleans, Louisiana; and commissioned on 11 September 1945.^[3]

Commissioned after the end of World War II, Sebastian was retained by the Navy only briefly.^[3]

She was decommissioned on 14 November 1945 and simultaneously returned to MARCOM's War Shipping Administration (WSA) for subsequent maritime service under the name Coastal Highflyer. The name Sebastian was struck from the Navy List on 28 November 1945.^[3]

On 4 January 1947, the Fall River Navigation Company chartered Coastal Highflyer. On 29 July 1947, she ran aground at the east end of Cayo Moa, Grand Shoal, Cuba.^[2]

She was laid up in the Reserve FleetinWilmington, North Carolina, 18 May 1948.^[2]

On 2 September 1960, she was put up for sale but received no bids.^[4]

On 31 October 1966, Coastal Highflyer was loaned to the US Army to serve as a training ship for stevedores. In May 1967 her name was changed to Resolve.^[2]

She was sold for scrap on 22 January 1976, to Andy International, Inc.^[4]

Citations

• "Sebastian". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 2 December 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• "C1 Cargo Ships". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
• "USS Sebastian (AK-211)". Navsource.org. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
• "Coastal Highflyer". United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

• Photo gallery of USS Sebastian (AK-211) at NavSource Naval History