Camano-class cargo ship

USS Estero (AKL-5) at Sasebo on 28 October 1953
Class overview
Name:	Camano class
Operators:	United States Navy
Subclasses:	None
Built:	1944
General characteristics
Type:	Light Cargo Ship (AKL)
Displacement:	520 tons light, 935 tons full
Length:	177 ft (54 m)
Beam:	33 ft (10 m)
Draft:	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion:	2 x 500 hp (370 kW) GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	26

The Camano class was a class of fourteen light cargo ships of the United States Navy. The fifteen ships of the class were originally built as Design 381 coastal freighters or Design 427 coastal freighters and were converted to light cargo ships during 1949 and 1950 after acquisition by the United States Navy.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.