USS Montauk underway off New York soon after completion of her LSV conversion in October 1944
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Montauk |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Laid down | 14 April 1942, as AN-2 (Net laying ship) |
Launched | 14 April 1943 |
Commissioned | 6 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | July 1947 |
Renamed | USS Galilea, 1 October 1946 |
Reclassified |
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Stricken | 1 September 1961 |
Honours and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, June 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Osage-class vehicle landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 458 ft (140 m) |
Beam | 60 ft 2 in (18.34 m) |
Draft | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
Capacity | 19 × LVTs or 29 × DUKWs |
Troops | 122 officers, 1236 enlisted men |
Complement | 458 officers and enlisted men |
Armament |
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USS Montauk (LSV-6/AN-2/AP-161/AKN-6) was an Osage-class vehicle landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after USS Montauk (1862) and was the fourth U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
Originally laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1) as netlayer AN-2 on 14 April 1942 by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Pascagoula, Mississippi; launched 14 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. G. C. Whiting; reclassified AP-161 2 August 1943; reclassified LSV-6 21 April 1944; and commissioned 6 October 1944 at Brooklyn, New York.