| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Lignite |
| Builder | Barrett & Hilp, Belair Shipyard, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 8 December 1943 |
| Launched | 26 February 1944 |
| In service | 26 September 1944 |
| Out of service | 6 August 1946 |
| Stricken | 28 August 1946 |
| Honors and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate | Wrecked by a typhoon, 9 October 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Trefoil-class cargo barge |
| Displacement | 5,281 long tons (5,366 t) |
| Length | 366 ft 4 in (111.66 m) |
| Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion | None |
| Speed | Not self-propelled |
| Complement | 114 officers and men |
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USS Lignite (IX-162), a Trefoil-class concrete barge designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for lignite. Her keel was laid down on 8 December 1943 by Barrett & Hilp, Belair Shipyard, San Francisco, California, under a Maritime Commission contract (T. B7-D1-Barge). She was launched on 26 February 1944 sponsored by Miss Catherine Barrett, converted for use as a United States Army and United States Marine Corps stores barge by Barrett & Hilp, acquired by the Navy on 26 September 1944, and placed in service at San Francisco the same day.