_and_USS_Bellerophon_(ARL-31)_in_San_Francisco_Bay,_California_(USA),_in_October_1945.jpg) Broadwater and Bellerophon (ARL-31) in San Francisco Bay, October 1945.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Broadwater |
| Namesake | Broadwater County, Montana |
| Builder | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Wilmington, Los Angeles |
| Laid down | 1 September 1944 |
| Launched | 5 November 1944 |
| Commissioned | 2 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 28 February 1946 |
| Stricken | 20 March 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 13 June 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Haskell-class attack transport |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | |
| Capacity | 150,000 cubic feet, 2,900 tons |
| Troops | 86 officers, 1,475 enlisted men |
| Complement | 56 officers, 480 enlisted men |
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USS Broadwater (APA-139) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1974.