USS DuPage (APA-41)

History
United States
NameUSS DuPage
NamesakeDuPage County, Illinois
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Launched19 December 1942, as Sea Hound (AP-86)
Commissioned1 September 1943
Decommissioned28 March 1946
ReclassifiedAPA-41, 1 February 1943
Honors and
awards
6 battle stars (World War II)
FateScrapped, 1973
General characteristics
Class and typeBayfield-class attack transport
Displacement7,845 long tons (7,971 t)
Length491 ft 8 in (149.86 m)
Beam69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Speed17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement540
Armament2 × 5"/38 caliber guns

USS DuPage (AP-86/APA-41) was a Bayfield-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was then sold into commercial service and was scrapped in 1973.