History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Hampton |
Namesake | Hampton County, South Carolina |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | Unknown |
Launched | 25 August 1944 |
Christened | USS Hampton |
Commissioned | 17 February 1945 |
Decommissioned | 30 April 1946 |
Renamed | P & T Explorer. |
Fate | Scrapped, 1973. |
Notes | MC Hull No. 876; Type C3-S-A2 |
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) |
Draft | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
Propulsion | General Electric geared turbine, 2 × Foster Wheeler D-type boilers, single propeller, designed shaft horsepower 8,500 |
Speed | 18 knots |
Boats & landing craft carried | 12 × LCVP, 4 × LCM (Mk-6), 3 × LCP(L) (MK-IV) |
Capacity | 4,800 tons (180,500 cu. ft). |
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USS Hampton (APA-115) was a Bayfield-class attack transport that served with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was old into commercial service in 1947 and was scrapped in 1973.