USS Scania (AKA-40)
Cargo ship of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Scania.
USS Scania (AKA-40) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1947. She was scrapped in 1965.
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United States | |
Name | USS Scania |
Namesake | The asteroid Scania |
Builder | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
Laid down | 6 January 1945 |
Launched | 17 March 1945 |
Commissioned | 16 April 1945 |
Decommissioned | 2 September 1947 |
Stricken | 16 September 1947 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1965 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Artemis-class attack cargo ship |
Type | S4–SE2–BE1 |
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Length | 426 ft (130 m) |
Beam | 58 ft (18 m) |
Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
Speed | 16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph) |
Complement | 303 officers and enlisted |
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