USS Glacier (AK-183)

History
United States
Name	Glacier
Namesake	Glacier County, Montana
Ordered	as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2114[1]
Builder	Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number	32[1]
Laid down	1944
Launched	22 April 1944
Sponsored by	Miss Agnes Kennedy
Acquired	29 March 1945
Commissioned	14 April 1945
Decommissioned	19 February 1946
Stricken	12 March 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-183 Code letters: NELQ
Fate	Sold, 17 April 1948, to Koninklijke Nederlandsche StoombootMattschappij N.V., Amsterdam
History
Netherlands
Name	Hydra
Owner	Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mattschappij N.V.
Acquired	17 April 1948
Fate	Sold 1962
History
Saudi Arabia
Name	Asma B
Owner	Saudi Lines
Acquired	1962
Fate	Sold for scrapping in July 1970 at HSINKANG, China
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 Glacier (AK-183) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during the final months of World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations for a short period of time before being decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Maritime Administration for dispositioning.