Grommet Reefer (AF 53, C1-M-AV1) Class

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USAT Grommet Reefer in 1948 at Seattle.
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Class: GROMMET REEFER (AF 53, C1-M-AV1)
Design: MC R1-M-AV3 (refrigerated) ex C1-M-AV1
Displacement (tons): #,###
Dimensions (feet): ###.#' x ##.#' x ##.#'
Original Armament: 4-5"/38
Later armaments: 4-5"/38
Complement: ###
Speed (kts.): ##.#
Propulsion (HP): #,###
Machinery: turbines, # screw

Construction:

AF	Name	Acq	Builder	Keel	Launch	Svc
53	GROMMET REEFER	1 Mar 1950	Walter Butler SB, Duluth	1 Jan 1944	29 Jul 1944	1 Mar 1950

Disposition:

AF	Name	T	Inact	Strike	Disposal	Fate	MA Sale/Depart
53	GROMMET REEFER	T	--	20 Oct 1953	15 Dec 1952	Lost	23 Jul 1953

Class Notes:
AF 53 was among the Army ships operating out of continental U.S. ports that were to be acquired on 1 Mar 1950 for which names, classification, and hull numbers were approved on 21 Feb 1950.

Ship Notes:

AF	Name	MC	Notes
53	GROMMET REEFER	2243	Launched as KENNETH E. GRUENNERT of the C1-M-AV1 type, completed 9 Dec 1944, renamed GROMMET REEFER 1945 and redesignated R1-M-AV3. Delivered to commercial operator at New Orleans 31 May 1945. To Army 23 Sep 1948. To MSTS 1 Mar 1950. Driven onto a reef by violent winds near Leghorn, Italy, and broken in half 15 December 1952. Bow raised followed by stern, declared constructive total loss 18 Mar 1953, sold 4 Jun 1953, to MA and sale completed 23 Jul 1953.