USS Broadwater

Broadwater and Bellerophon (ARL-31) in San Francisco Bay, October 1945.
History
United States
NameUSS Broadwater
NamesakeBroadwater County, Montana
BuilderCalifornia Shipbuilding Corporation, Wilmington, Los Angeles
Laid down1 September 1944
Launched5 November 1944
Commissioned2 January 1945
Decommissioned28 February 1946
Stricken20 March 1946
FateSold for scrapping, 13 June 1974
General characteristics
Class and typeHaskell-class attack transport
Displacement
  • 6,873 long tons (6,983 t) light
  • 14,837 long tons (15,075 t) full
Length455 ft (139 m)
Beam62 ft (19 m)
Draft24 ft (7.3 m)
Propulsion
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
Capacity150,000 cubic feet, 2,900 tons
Troops86 officers, 1,475 enlisted men
Complement56 officers, 480 enlisted men
Armament

USS Broadwater (APA-139) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1974.