USS Brookings (APA-140)

USS Brookings (APA-140)


Career (US)
Ordered: as type VC2-S-AP5
Laid down: 5 September 1944
Launched: 20 November 1944
Commissioned: 6 January 1945
Decommissioned: 25 July 1946
Struck: 1 October 1958
Fate: Disposed of by partial dismantling and scuttling
1 April 1992
General characteristics
Displacement: 12,450 tons (full load)
Length: 455 ft 0 in (138.68 m)
Beam: 62 ft 0 in (18.90 m)
Draught: 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m)
Speed: 19 knots
Complement: 536
Armament: one 5” gun mount,
twelve 40mm mounts,
ten 20mm mounts

USS Brookings (APA-140) was a Haskell-class attack transport acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas.

Brookings (APA-140) was laid down on 5 September 1944 at Wilmington, California, by the California Shipbuilding Corp., under a Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 24); launched on 20 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. T. C. Johnson; and commissioned on 6 January 1945, Capt. Herbert C. Berger in command.

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