Callaway at anchor
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Callaway |
Namesake | Callaway County, Missouri |
Builder | Western Pipe & Steel |
Laid down | 10 June 1942 |
Launched | 10 October 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs W. P. Maneull |
Christened | Sea Mink |
Commissioned | 24 April 1943 |
Decommissioned | 10 May 1946 |
Renamed | USS Callaway, President Harrison, President Fillmore, Hurricane. |
Identification | APA-35 |
Honors and awards | Six battle stars for service in World War II. |
Fate | Scrapped 1974 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bayfield-class attack transport |
Displacement |
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Length | 492 ft (150 m) |
Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
Draft | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
Propulsion | General Electric geared turbine, 2 x Combustion Engineering D-type boilers, single propeller, 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Capacity | 200,000 cu ft (5,700 m3) |
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Armament |
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USS Callaway (APA-35) was a Bayfield-class attack transport that served with the US Navy, and was manned by the United States Coast Guard during World War II.
Initially designated as a Navy Transport AP-80, Callaway was quickly re-designated as attack transport APA-35. The vessel was launched 10 October 1942 as Sea Mink by Western Pipe and Steel, San Francisco, California, under a Maritime Commission contract, acquired by the navy 24 April 1943, and commissioned the same day.