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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Sidonia |
| Namesake | The asteroid Sidonia |
| Builder | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
| Laid down | 1 February 1945 |
| Launched | 7 April 1945 |
| Commissioned | 30 April 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 25 February 1946 |
| Stricken | 17 April 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 7 December 1964 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Artemis-class attack cargo ship |
| Type | S4–SE2–BE1 |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 426 ft (130 m) |
| Beam | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Speed | 16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph) |
| Complement | 303 officers and enlisted |
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USS Sidonia (AKA-42) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1964.