USS Nicollet

USS Nicollet (AVS-6), probably photographed underway in San Francisco Bay, California, in 1945.
History
United States
Name	Nicollet
Namesake	Nicollet County, Minnesota
Ordered	as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2153[1]
Builder	Globe Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number	120[1]
Laid down	9 February 1944
Launched	31 July 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. F. C. Hanson
Commissioned	27 April 1945
Decommissioned	17 June 1946
Reclassified	12 March 1945, Miscellaneous Auxiliary 25 May 1945, Aviation Stores Issue Ship
Refit	prior to 12 March 1945, converted to Gwinnett-class Aviation Stores Issue Ship
Stricken	3 July 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-199 Hull symbol: AG-93 Hull symbol: AVS-6 Code letters: NEOQ
Fate	Sold to France, 24 July 1947
History
Republic of France
Name	Djerada
Namesake	City of Djerada
Acquired	24 July 1947
Fate	reflagged to Morocco, 1959
History
Morocco
Name	Djerada
Acquired	1959
Fate	Scrapped in Spain, February 1970
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Alamosa-class cargo ship (1944–1945) Gwinnett-class aviation stores issue ship (1945–1946)
Type	C1-M-AV1
Tonnage	5,010 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 Nicollet (AK-199/AG-93/AVS-6) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy shortly before the end of World War II. She was converted into a Gwinnett-class aviation stores issue ship to carry aviation parts and spares, and to issue them to the US Pacific Fleet and activities as needed.

Nicollet was laid down 9 February 1944, for the US Maritime Commission, MC hull 2153, by Globe Shipbuilding Corporation; named Nicollet 25 February 1944; launched 31 July 1944, as AK-199; sponsored by Mrs. F. C. Hanson; converted for Navy use by Samuelson Shipyard, Beaumont, Texas, and Brown Shipyard, Houston, Texas; redesignated AG–93 on 12 March 1945; and commissioned 27 April.^[3]

After shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico Nicollet was reclassified AVS–6 effective 25 May 1945. Steaming to the Pacific Ocean, she arrived in the forward area and was assigned to Commander, Air Forces, Subordinate Command Forward, Pacific Fleet. She operated out of Apra Harbor, Guam.^[3]

Nicollet followed closely behind the invasion forces to supply newly acquired airstrips and aviation activities with spare parts and other needs. She salvaged goods, returned materials for repair and eventual re-use, and supplied aircraft carriers at sea.^[3]

At the end of hostilities she continued to support naval and marine air groups, both carrier and land-based. In April 1946 she returned to the U.S. West Coast via Pearl Harbor. Following a cruise to the Gulf of Mexico, she sailed again to the western Pacific Ocean.^[3]

Returning to San Francisco, California, she decommissioned and was returned to the War Shipping Administration 17 June. She was struck from the Navy Register.^[3]

Nicollet was sold to the Republic of France on 24 July 1947. She was reflagged for France and renamed Djerada.^[4] In 1959 she was transferred to Morocco and reflagged.^[2] She was eventually scrapped in 1970^[1]

Citations

• Photo gallery of USS Nicollet (AVS-6) at NavSource Naval History