| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Arthur L. Bristol |
| Namesake | Vice Admiral Arthur L. Bristol (1886-1942), U.S. Navy officer |
| Builder | Charleston Navy Yard, North Charleston, South Carolina |
| Laid down | 1 December 1943 |
| Launched | 19 February 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Ellen Wing Getty |
| Commissioned | 25 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 29 April 1946 |
| Reclassified | From destroyer escort (DE-281) to high-speed transport (APD-97) 17 July 1944 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1964 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping summer 1965; transferred to scrapping company 4 August 1965 |
| Notes | Laid down as Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Arthur L. Bristol (DE-281) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Crosley-class high speed transport |
| Displacement | 2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Troops | 162 |
| Complement | 204 |
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USS Arthur L. Bristol (APD-97), ex-DE-281, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.