USS Riverside (APA-102)

Riverside on 21 December 1944
History
United States
NamesakeRiverside County, California
Orderedas C3-S-A2 hull, MC hull 870
Laid down11 November 1943
Launched13 April 1944
Acquired29 June 1944
CommissionedUSS Riverside (APA-102), 29 June 1944
Decommissioned27 April 1946
Stricken8 May 1946
IdentificationIMO number5242093
FateReturned to the Maritime Commission, 28 April 1946
General characteristics
Displacement8,100 t.(lt) 16,100 t.(fl)
Length492 ft 6 in (150.11 m)
Beam69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draught26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Propulsionone General Electric geared drive turbine; two Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers; single propeller; design shaft horsepower 8,500
Speed18 kts.
Boats & landing
craft carried
  • twelve LCVPs
  • four LCM (Mk-6)s
  • three LCP(L) (MK-IV)s
Capacity180,500 cu. ft, 4,800 t.
Complement
  • 51 Officers, 524 Enlisted
  • Flag: 43 Officers, 108 Enlisted
Armament

USS Riverside (APA-102) was a Bayfield-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. In 1948, she was sold into commercial service. She sank in Smyth Channel, Chile, in 1968.