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{{short description|Cargo ship of the United States Navy}}

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|Ship name=''Codington''
|Ship namesake=[[Codington County, South Dakota]]
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|Ship fate=Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, January 1974
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'''USS Codington (AK-173)''' was an {{sclass|Alamosa|cargo ship}} commissioned by the [[U.S. Navy]] for service in [[World War II]]. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.

==Construction==
''Codington'' was launched 29 November 1944, by [[Froemming Brothers]], Inc., [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], under a [[Maritime Commission]] contract, MC hull 2145; sponsored by Mrs. W. P. Plehl; and commissioned at [[Galveston, Texas]], 23 July 1945.{{sfn|DANFS}}

==Service history==
===World War II Pacific Theatre operations===
''Codington'' departed Galveston 11 August 1945 for [[Leyte]], arriving 11 October. She assumed cargo operations in the [[Philippines]], with one voyage to [[New Guinea]], 1 – 27 December, until 30 January 1946, when she sailed from [[Subic Bay]] for [[United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka|Yokosuka]].{{sfn|DANFS}}

===Post-war decommissioning===
''Codington'' was decommissioned at [[Tokyo]] 27 February 1946, and transferred to the [[War Shipping Administration]] for disposal.{{sfn|DANFS}}

==Merchant service==
''Codington'' was leased by [[Coastwise Line]] for [[Military Sea Transportation Service]], 7 May 1956, then sold to a [[South Korea]]n buyer, 27 May 1956, for $693,862. She was renamed ''Pohang'', for the South Korean city of [[Pohang]], and reflagged South Korean.{{sfn|Navsource|2014}}

On 11 November 1972, while discharging her cargo at [[Phnom Penh]], Cambodia, she was damaged by a mine. She was able to proceed to [[Singapore]], for [[dry docking]]. She was finally scrapped at [[Kaohsiung]], Taiwan, January 1974.{{sfn|Navsource|2014}}

== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
{{refbegin}}
'''Online resources'''
* {{cite DANFS
| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/codington.html
| title = Codington
| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
| access-date = 15 November 2016
| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS}}
}}{{PD-notice}}
* {{cite web
| url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/merchantships/2c1cargoships.htm
| title = C1 Cargo Ships
| publisher = ShipbuildingHistory.com
| date = 28 August 2009
| access-date = 15 November 2016
| ref = {{sfnRef|C1 Cargo Ships|2009}}
}}
* {{cite web
| url = http://www.navsource.net/archives/09/13/130173.htm
| title=Codington (AK-173)
|website=NavSource
| date=18 April 2014
| access-date=15 November 2016
| ref={{sfnRef|Navsource|2014}}
}}
* {{cite web
| url = https://www.marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/Detail/994
| title = Clarion
| publisher = United States Department of Transportation
| access-date = 15 November 2016
| ref = {{sfnRef|MARAD}}
}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*{{navsource|9/13/130173|Codington (AK-173)}}

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{{Alamosa class cargo ships}}
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[[Category:Ships built in Milwaukee]]
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[[Category:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States]]
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USS Codington - Revision history

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