USS Dade (APA-99)

USS Dade (APA-99)

2 x single 5 inch/38 cal. dual purpose gun mounts, one fore and one aft.
2 x twin 40mm AA gun mounts forward, port and starboard.
2 x single 40mm AA gun mounts.

USS Dade (APA-99) was a Bayfield-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II.

Dade was launched 14 January 1944 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, under a Maritime Commission contract; transferred to the Navy 29 April and placed in partial commission the same day; decommissioned 9 May for conversion at Todd-Hoboken Yards, Hoboken, New Jersey; and placed in full commission 11 November 1944, Commander M. P. Du Val in command.