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{{short description|Cargo ship of the United States Navy}}
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag= {{USN flag|1945}}
|Ship name= ''Kenosha''
|Ship namesake= [[Kenosha County, Wisconsin]]
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|Ship ordered=as type ([[Type C1 ship|C1-M-AV1]]) hull, [[Maritime Commission|MC]] hull 2121{{sfn|C1 Cargo Ships|2009}}
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|Ship builder= Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., [[Superior, Wisconsin]]
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|Ship laid down= May 1944
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*''Rio Dale'' (1947–1958)
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*''Neptune V'' (1965–1967)
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|Ship class= {{sclass|Alamosa|cargo ship}}
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'''USS ''Kenosha'' (AK-190)''' was an {{sclass|Alamosa|cargo ship}} that served the [[US Navy]] during the clean-up phase of [[World War II]]. When her service was no longer required in 1946, she was decommissioned and returned to the [[U.S. Maritime Commission]] where she was sold to the [[Kingdom of Norway]] in 1947.

==Construction==
''Kenosha'' was launched 25 August 1944, by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., [[Superior, Wisconsin]], under a U.S. Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2121; sponsored by Miss Marion Crowley; acquired by the Navy 1 August 1945; and commissioned 7 September 1945.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

==Service history==
===World War II-related service===
After [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] out of [[Galveston, Texas]], ''Kenosha'' arrived [[Gulfport, Mississippi]], 19 October to load cargo for the [[Mariana Islands]]. The cargo ship departed Gulfport 25 November, cleared the [[Panama Canal]], and arrived [[Guam]] via [[Pearl Harbor]] 10 January 1946.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

Upon discharging her cargo, she loaded cargo for the [[US Marines]] and sailed for the [[US East Coast]], arriving [[Lynnhaven Roads]], [[Virginia]], 7 March.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

===Decommissioning===
On 3 April ''Kenosha'' arrived [[Baltimore, Maryland]], and decommissioned there 16 April 1946.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

==Merchant history==
She was sold to Norway on 4 March 1947, for $693,862,{{sfn|MARAD}} and renamed ''Rio Dale''. She was renamed several times between 1958 and 1967, ''Torian'' in 1959, ''Lars Viking'' in 1963, ''Neptune V'' in 1965, and finally ''Arabdrill 2'' in 1967, when she converted to an offshore drilling ship. She was scrapped on 24 May 1984 at Gadani beach.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5406522|shipname=ARABDRILL 2 |access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref>

== Honors and awards==
Qualified ''Kenosha'' personnel were eligible for the following:{{sfn|Navsource|2011}}
* [[American Campaign Medal]]
* [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]]
* [[World War II Victory Medal]]

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== Bibliography ==
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* {{cite DANFS
  | url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/k/kenosha.html
  | title = Kenosha (AK-190)
| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
  | date = 28 July 2015
  | access-date = 19 November 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS|2015}}
  }}{{PD-notice}}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/merchantships/2c1cargoships.htm
  | title = C1 Cargo Ships
  | publisher =  www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
  | date = 28 August 2009
  | access-date = 15 November 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|C1 Cargo Ships|2009}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/13/130190.htm
  | title=USS Kenosha (AK-190)
  | publisher=Navsource.org
  | date=8 November 2011
  | access-date=19 November 2016
  | ref={{sfnRef|Navsource|2011}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url = https://www.marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/Detail/2858
  | title = Kenosha
  | publisher = United States Department of Transportation
  | access-date = 19 November 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|MARAD}}
  }}
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==External links==
*{{navsource|9/13/130190|USS Kenosha (AK-190)}}

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