History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Wyandot |
Namesake | Wyandot County, Ohio |
Builder | Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California |
Laid down | 6 May 1944 |
Launched | 28 June 1944 |
Commissioned | 30 September 1944 |
Decommissioned | 10 July 1959 |
Recommissioned | November 1961 |
Decommissioned | 31 October 1975 |
Reclassified | T-AKA-92, March 1963 |
Honours and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 5 November 1987 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Andromeda-class attack cargo ship |
Type | Type C2-S-B1 |
Displacement | 13,910 long tons (14,133 t) full |
Length | 459 ft 2 in (139.95 m) |
Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m) |
Speed | 18.6 knots (34.4 km/h; 21.4 mph) |
Complement | 368 |
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USS Wyandot (AKA-92) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship named after Wyandot County, Ohio. She served as a commissioned ship for 20 years and 1 month.
Wyandot (AKA-92) was laid down on 6 May 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1192) at Oakland, California, by the Moore Dry Dock Co.; launched on 28 June 1944, acquired by the Navy and simultaneously commissioned on 30 September 1944.