USS Botetourt

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	2 × LCM 12 × LCVP 3 × LCPL
Capacity	Troops: 86 officers, 1,475 enlisted Cargo: 150,000 cu ft, 2,900 tons
Complement	56 officers, 480 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5"/38 dual-purpose gun 4 × twin 40mm guns 10 × single 20mm guns late armament, add 1 × 40mm quad mount

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.