USS Navarro
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USS Navarro (APA/LPA-215) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type that saw service in World War II and the Vietnam War. Navarro was named after Navarro County, Texas.
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USS Navarro, circa in 1964 | |
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Name | Navarro |
Namesake | Navarro County, Texas |
Ordered | as a Type VC2-S-AP5 hull, MCE hull 563[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Yard number | 563[1] |
Laid down | 27 June 1944 |
Launched | 3 October 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs Anne Jones |
Commissioned | 15 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | 15 March 1946 |
Stricken | 1 October 1958 |
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Honors and awards | 1 × battle star for World War II service |
Fate | Returned to Navy 2 December 1950 |
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Acquired | 5 August 1961 |
Recommissioned | 2 December 1950 |
Decommissioned | 20 August 1970 |
Reclassified | redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA-215), 1 January 1969 |
Stricken | 1 December 1976 |
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Fate | transferred to Maritime Administration (MARAD), 20 August 1970, laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group, Benicia, California trade-out, 19 February 1982, withdrawn, 16 June 1982 |
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Class and type | Haskell-class attack transport |
Type | Type VC2-S-AP5 |
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Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
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Speed | 17.7 kn (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) |
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Troops | 86 officers, 1,475 enlisted |
Complement | 56 officers, 480 enlisted |
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Part of: | TransRon 11 |
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