USS ''Cabell'' (AK-166) was an commissioned by the
US Navy for service in
World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.
Construction
''Cabell'' was launched 23 December 1944, by
Kaiser Cargo Co.,
Richmond, California
Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was municipal corporation, incorporated on August 7, 1905, and has a Richmond, California City Council, city council. , under a
Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2111; sponsored by Mrs. W. P. Gilmore; acquired by the Navy 11 April 1945; commissioned the same day, and reported to the
U.S. Pacific Fleet.
World War II Pacific Theatre operations
''Cabell'' made one cargo voyage from
San Francisco, California, to
Eniwetok and
San Pedro Bay,
Philippine Islands, between 1 June 1945 and 22 August. She sailed from San Francisco again 8 September with cargo for
Eniwetok and
Yokosuka Naval Base in
Tokyo Bay, where she arrived 7 October.
Continuing with support of occupation operations, ''Cabell'' called at ports in the Philippines, and on
Okinawa,
Saipan
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, and
Guam, before arriving at
San Pedro, California, 15 April 1946.
Post-war decommissioning
''Cabell'' was decommissioned at
Seattle, Washington, 19 July 1946, and returned to the
Maritime Commission 3 days later. The ship was sold to a
Swedish
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firm and reflagged 1947.
Merchant service
''Cabell'' was sold to the Swedish shipping firm of Rederlaktiebolaget Bris, 28 May 1947, after they refused her
sister ship
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. She was renamed ''Sommen'' after the lake
Sommen
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in Sweden.
In 1963, ''Sommen'' was reflagged again as the
Greek ship MV ''Donald''. She disappeared, however, later that year, with 26 people and a cargo of iron bound for Indonesia. The ship had last been heard from on
25 August 1963, when the captain sent word that the ship had encountered rough seas in the
Indian Ocean.
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Alamosa-class cargo ships
Cabell County, West Virginia
Ships built in Richmond, California
1944 ships
World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
Maritime incidents in 1963