History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Alpine County, California |
Builder | Western Pipe & Steel |
Laid down | 12 April 1943 |
Launched | 10 July 1943 |
Christened | Sea Arrow |
Commissioned | 22 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 5 April 1946 |
Renamed | USS Alpine, India Mail, Transwestern, Buckeye Pacific, Empire Pacific. |
Stricken | 1 May 1946 |
Honours and awards | Five battle stars for service in World War II. |
Fate | Scrapped October 1971 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and 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) |
Draught | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
Propulsion | Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 x Combustion Engineering 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 | 4,500 tons (180,500 cu. ft). |
Complement | 51 officers, 524 enlisted. Troop capacity 80 officers, 1,146 enlisted |
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USS Alpine (APA-92) was a Bayfield-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946.She was sold into commercial service in 1947 and was scrapped in 1971.