Camano-class cargo ship

USS Estero (AKL-5) at Sasebo on 28 October 1953
Class overview
Name	Camano class
Operators	United States Navy
Subclasses	None
Built	1944
General characteristics
Type	Light Cargo Ship (AKL)
Displacement	520 tons light, 935 tons full
Length	177 ft (54 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 x 500 hp (370 kW) GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	26

The Camano class was a class of light cargo ships of the United States Navy. The fifteen ships of the class were originally built as Design 381 coastal freighters or Design 427 coastal freighters and were converted to light cargo ships during 1949 and 1950 after acquisition by the United States Navy.^[1]