USS Sumter (APA-52)

Sumter in September 1943
History
United States
Name	USS Sumter (APA-52)
Namesake	Thomas Sumter, Revolutionary War General.
Builder	Gulf Shipbuilding
Laid down	3 April 1942
Launched	4 October 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs J. F. McRae
Acquired	30 April 1943
Commissioned	1 September 1943
Decommissioned	19 March 1946
Reclassified	AP-97 to APA-52, 1 February 1943
Stricken	17 April 1946
Identification	IMO number: 5126641
Honours and awards	Six battle stars for World War II service
Fate	Scrapped, October 1978
General characteristics
Class and type	Sumter-class attack transport
Displacement	13,910 tons (fl)
Length	468 ft 8 in (142.85 m)
Beam	63 ft (19 m)
Draft	23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) (limiting)
Propulsion	1 × General Electric geared drive turbine, 2 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 1 propeller, designed shaft horsepower 6,000
Speed	16.5 knots
Capacity	Troops: Officers 91, Enlisted 1,472 Cargo: 170,000 cu ft, 1,300 tons
Complement	Officers 39, Enlisted 410
Armament	2 × 5 in (130 mm) dual-purpose gun mount 4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts (originally 8 × 1.1"/75 caliber gun mounts) 10 × single 20 mm gun mounts
Notes	MCV Hull No. 474, hull type C2-S-E1

USS Sumter (APA-52) was a Sumter-class attack transport that served with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was subsequently sold into commercial service and was scrapped in 1978.