USS Cavalier (APA-37)
USS Cavalier (APA-37) underway off Hong Kong, 1959 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Cavalier (APA-37) |
| Builder: | Western Pipe & Steel |
| Laid down: | 10 December 1942 |
| Launched: | 15 March 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs M W Jackson |
| Acquired: | 19 July 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 16 January 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 1968 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1968 |
| Identification: | MC hull type C3-S-A2, MC hull no. 276 |
| Honors and awards: |
Five battle stars for World War II service, four for Korean War service and five for the Vietnam War |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Bayfield-class attack transport |
| Displacement: | 8,100 tons (lt), 16,100 t (fl) |
| Length: | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Beam: | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x General Electric geared turbine, 2 x Combustion Engineering D-type boilers, 1 x propeller, designed shaft horsepower 8,500 |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
12 x LCVPs, 4 x LCMs (Mk-6), 3 x LCP(L)s (MK-IV) |
| Capacity: | 200,000 cu ft, 4,700 tons |
| Troops: | 80 officers, 1,146 enlisted; flag 43 officers, 108 enlisted |
| Complement: | 51 officers, 524 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x single 5"/38 dual purpose guns, one fore and one aft, 2 x twin 40mm guns, 2 x single 40mm AA guns, 18 x 20mm guns |
USS Cavalier (AP-82/APA-37) was a Bayfield-class attack transport in the United States Navy. She was named for Cavalier County, North Dakota.
Cavalier was reclassified APA-37, 1 February 1943; launched 15 March 1943 by the Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Mrs. M. W. Jackson; acquired 19 July 1943; fitted out as an attack transport by Bethlehem Steel Co., Hoboken, New Jersey; and commissioned 15 January 1944, Captain R. T. Mc-Elliott, USCG, in command.
Read more about USS Cavalier (APA-37): World War II, Postwar Service, Korean War, Peacetime Service, Vietnam War, Decommission, Awards