Botetourt, in May 1945
| |
History | |
---|---|
United States | |
Name | USS Botetourt |
Namesake | Botetourt County, Virginia |
Builder | California Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 22 August 1944 |
Launched | 19 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 31 January 1945 |
Decommissioned | 27 April 1956 |
In service | 23 September 1950 |
Out of service | 5 June 1946 |
Stricken | 1 July 1961 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 21 August 1974 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Haskell-class attack transport |
Displacement | 6,873 tons (lt), 14,837 t (fl) |
Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 24 ft (7 m) |
Propulsion | 1 × geared turbine, 2 × header-type boilers, 1 × propeller, designed 8,500 shp (6,338 kW) |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Capacity |
|
Complement | 56 officers, 480 enlisted |
Armament |
|
USS Botetourt (APA-136) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1956. She was scrapped in 1974.