USS Accomac (APB-49)
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USS Accomac (LST-710/APB-49) was a LST-542-class tank landing ship, the second ship in the service of the United States Navy named after Accomac, Virginia.
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USS Accomac (APB-49) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Accomac |
Namesake | Accomac County, Virginia |
Builder | Jeffersonville Boat & Machine, Jeffersonville, Indiana |
Laid down | 13 May 1944 |
Launched | 28 June 1944 |
Commissioned | 24 July 1944, as USS LST-710 |
Decommissioned | 9 August 1946 |
Renamed | Accomac, 1 August 1945 |
Reclassified | APB-49, 1 August 1945 |
Stricken | 1959 |
Honours and awards | 1 battle star (WWII) |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 7 December 1959 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
Displacement | 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) |
Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) |
Speed | 11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph) |
Complement | 119 |
Armament | 2 × quad 40 mm guns |
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She was laid down as the unnamed LST-710 on 13 May 1944 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Jeffersonville Boat & Machine, launched on 28 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Maude B. Schricker, and commissioned on 24 July 1944.