USS Inca (IX-229)

For other ships going by the same name, see USS Inca. For other ships known by its alternative name, see USS Gamage.
USS Inca (Gamage) aground at Okinawa awaiting scrapping.
History
United States
Name
  • William B. Allison
  • Inca
Namesake
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator
BuilderCalifornia Shipbuilding Corporation, Los Angeles, California[1]
Laid down8 February 1943 as SS William B. Allison[2]
Launched8 March 1943[1]
Completed24 March 1943[1]
Acquired24 March 1943[1]
Commissioned30 July 1945[1]
Decommissioned12 March 1946[1]
In service19 August 1943[1]
Out of service8 February 1946[1]
Renamed
  • S.S. William B. Allison
  • USS Inca (IX-229)
  • USS Gamage (IX-227) [1][2]
Stricken12 March 1946[1]
Honors and
awards		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal[1]
FateSold for scrapping 19 February 1948 to China Merchants & Engineers, Inc.[2]
General characteristics
Class and typeMCtype EC2-S-C1 hull
TypeLiberty Ship
Displacement4,023 tons(lt) 14,250 tons(fl)
Length441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion
  • Two oil-fired boilers
  • Triple-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
  • 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range17,000 mi (27,000 km)
Capacity9,140 tons cargo
Complement41
Armament1 × Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun

USS Inca, a 3,381-ton (light displacement) "Liberty" ship, was launched in March 1943 in Los Angeles, California, and entered merchant service later the same month as SS William B. Allison, MCE hull 724. Two years later she would be taken into US Navy as a stores ship and renamed USS Inca (IX-229). For much of her service as Inca she was also named USS Gamage (IX-227) because of bureaucratic confusion.[2]

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