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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Oglethorpe |
| Namesake | Oglethorpe County, Georgia |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 26 December 1944 |
| Launched | 15 April 1945 |
| Commissioned | 6 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 1 November 1968 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1968 |
| Honors and awards | 2 battle stars (Korea) |
| Fate | Scrapped August 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Andromeda-class attack cargo ship |
| Type | Type C2-S-B1 |
| Displacement | 14,200 long tons (14,428 t) full |
| Length | 459 ft 2 in (139.95 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m) |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement | 425 |
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USS Oglethorpe (AKA-100) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1968. She was scrapped in 1969.