USS Elmore (APA-42)
USS Elmore (APA-42) |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Counties in Alabama and Idaho |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | Unknown |
| Launched: | 29 January 1943 |
| Christened: | Sea Panther |
| Commissioned: | 25 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 13 March 1946 |
| Renamed: | USS Elmore, Sea Panther, China Transport, Idaho. |
| Reclassified: | 25 August 1943 (AP-87 to APA-42). |
| Honours and awards: |
Eight battle stars for service in World War II. |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1971. |
| Notes: | MC Hull No. 390. Type C3-S-A2. Sponsor: Walter F. George (wife of the Georgia Senator). |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Bayfield-class attack transport |
| Displacement: | 8,100 tons, 16,100 tons fully loaded |
| Length: | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Beam: | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Propulsion: | General Electric geared turbine, 2 x Foster Wheeler D-type boilers, single propeller, designed shaft horsepower 8,500 |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
12 x LCVP, 4 x LCM (Mk-6), 3 x LCP(L) (MK-IV) |
| Capacity: | 4,700 tons (200,000 cu. ft). |
| Complement: | Crew: 51 officers, 524 enlisted Flag: 43 officers, 108 enlisted. Troops: 80 officers, 1,146 enlisted |
| Armament: |
2 x single 5 inch/38 cal. dual purpose gun mounts, one fore and one aft. |
USS Elmore (APA-42) was a Bayfield-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II.
Elmore (AP-87) was launched 29 January 1943 as Sea Panther by Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Mississippi, under a Maritime Commission contract, reclassified (APA-42) on 1 February; transferred to the Navy 30 March and placed in partial commission the same day for ferry to Maryland Dry Dock Company, Baltimore for conversion, and commissioned in full 25 August 1943 Commander D. Harrison in command.
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