USS Darke
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USS Darke (APA-159) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy in from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1974.
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United States | |
Name | Darke |
Namesake | Darke County, Ohio |
Builder | Oregon Shipbuilding |
Launched | 29 August 1944 |
Commissioned | 10 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 17 April 1946 |
Honors and awards | 2 Battle stars |
Fate | Scrapped 1974 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Haskell-class attack transport |
Displacement | 6,873 tons |
Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
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Speed | 17 knots |
Boats & landing craft carried | 26 |
Complement | 56 Officers, 480 Enlisted |
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