USS Sherburne

USS Sherburne (APA-205)

USS Sherburne (APA-205), moored pier side at Yokohama, Japan in September 1945.
History
United States
Name	Sherburne
Namesake	Sherburne County, Minnesota
Ordered	As a Type VC2-S-AP5 hull, MCE hull 553[1]
Builder	Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Yard number	553[1]
Laid down	18 May 1944
Launched	10 July 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Mary Sernach
Commissioned	20 September 1944
Decommissioned	3 August 1946
Stricken	1 October 1958
Identification	Hull symbol: APA-205 Code letters: NPNR
Honors and awards	1 × battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group, 3 August 1946 Returned to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 9 September 1958, laid up in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet Reacquired by the US Navy, 22 October 1969
USNS Range Sentinel (T-AGM-22), underway in 1985.
United States
Name	Range Sentinel
Operator	Military Sealift Command (MSC)
Acquired	22 October 1969
In service	21 October 1971
Out of service	12 June 1997
Renamed	26 April 1971
Reclassified	AGM-22, 16 April 1969
Stricken	3 May 1999
Identification	Hull symbol: T-AGM-22 Code letters: NBOY IMO number: 8835554
Fate	Scrapped by BB Metals, Sparrows Point, Maryland
General characteristics APA Specifications[2]
Class and type	Haskell-class attack transport
Type	Type VC2-S-AP5
Displacement	6,873 long tons (6,983 t) (light load) 14,837 long tons (15,075 t) (full load)
Length	455 ft (139 m)
Beam	62 ft (19 m)
Draft	24 ft (7.3 m)
Installed power	2 × Combustion Engineering header-type boilers, 465 psi (3,210 kPa) 750 °F (399 °C) 8,500 shp (6,338 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Westinghouse geared turbine 1 x propeller
Speed	17.7 kn (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × LCMs 1 × open LCPL 18 × LCVPs 2 × LCPRs 1 × closed LCPL (Captain's Gig)
Capacity	2,900 long tons (2,900 t) DWT 150,000 cu ft (4,200 m3) (non-refrigerated)
Troops	87 officers, 1,475 enlisted
Complement	56 officers, 480 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose gun 1 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 4 × twin 40mm Bofors (AA) gun mounts 10 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA mounts
Service record
Part of:	TransRon 14
Operations:	Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (1 May–30 June 1945)
Awards:	USS Sherburne American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Service Medal Philippine Liberation Medal USNS Range Sentinel Navy Battle "E" Ribbon National Defense Service Medal

USS Sherburne (APA-205) was a United States Navy Haskell-class attack transport, built and used during World War II. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. Sherburne was named for Sherburne County, Minnesota. She was later converted and renamed USS Range Sentinel (AGM-22), a missile range instrumentation ship.