USNS David C. Shanks (T-AP-180) alongside the USS Hiawatha (YTB-265), San Francisco, 1950s
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | David C. Shanks (T-AP-180) |
Namesake | Major General David Carey Shanks, US Army |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Yard number | 298 |
Christened | American Farmer |
Completed | April 1943 |
Acquired | (By the Army): 24 April 1943 |
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Identification |
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Honors and awards | One battle star for Korean War service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | George W. Goethals-class transport |
Displacement | 10,418 tons (fl) |
Length | 489 ft |
Beam | 69 ft 6 in |
Draft | 27 ft 4 in |
Propulsion | Steam turbine, single screw |
Speed | 16.5 knots |
Troops |
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Armament | None |
David C. Shanks was a troop transport that served with the US Army during World War II as USAT David C. Shanks, and during the Korean War with the US Navy's Military Sea Transportation Service as the USNS David C. Shanks (T-AP-180).