USS Lehigh (AK-192)

History
United States
Name	Coastal Expounder (1944–1945) Lehigh (1945)
Namesake	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Ordered	as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2123[1]
Builder	Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number	41[1]
Laid down	8 June 1944
Launched	25 November 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Stanley Butler
Acquired	30 July 1945
Commissioned	13 September 1945
Decommissioned	6 November 1945
Stricken	date unknown
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-192 Code letters: NEOC
Fate	returned to Maritime Commission, 6 November 1945
History
United States
Name	Coastal Archer
Owner	Maritime Commission
Operator	T.J. Stevenson & Company (1945) New York and Cuba Mail (1946) Agwilines Inc. (1946)
Acquired	6 November 1945
In service	6 November 1945
Out of service	15 February 1948
Fate	Sold, 7 March 1947
History
Brazil
Name	Rio Solimões
Namesake	Solimões River
Operator	Lloyd Brasileiro, Patrimonio Nicional
Acquired	15 February 1947
In service	7 March 1947
Fate	Scrapped 1969
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 Lehigh (AK-192) was an Alamosa class cargo ship that was constructed by the United States Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was declared excess-to-needs and returned to the United States Maritime Commission shortly after commissioning.