Ormsby at Mare Island Navy Yard, 17 July 1943
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Ormsby (APA-49) |
Namesake | Ormsby County, Nevada |
Builder | Moore Dry Dock |
Laid down | 21 July 1942 |
Launched | 20 October 1942 |
Christened | Twilight |
Acquired | 10 March 1943 |
Commissioned | 28 June 1943 |
Decommissioned | 15 March 1946 |
Renamed | USS Ormsby (APA-49), American Producer |
Reclassified | AP-94 to APA-49, 1 February 1943 |
Stricken | 17 April 1946 |
Identification | MCV Hull Type C2-S-B1, MCV Hull No. 288 |
Honours and awards | Six battle stars for World War II service |
Fate | Scrapped July 1969 after accident |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ormsby-class attack transport |
Displacement | 7,300 tons (lt), 13,910 t. (fl) |
Length | 459 ft 3 in |
Beam | 63 ft |
Draft | 24 ft |
Propulsion | 1 x General Electric geared drive turbine, 2 x Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers, 1 x propeller, designed shaft horsepower 6,000 |
Speed | 17 knots |
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Complement | Officers 46, Enlisted 478 |
Armament | 2 x 5"/38 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 x Bofors 40mm gun mounts, 4 x twin 20mm gun, 18 x 20mm single gun mounts. |
USS Ormsby (APA-49) was an Ormsby-class attack transport that served with the US Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was subsequently sold into commercial service and was scrapped in 1969.