USS Olmsted
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USS Olmsted (APA-188) was a Haskell-class attack transport that saw service with the US Navy for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. Olmsted was named for Olmsted County, Minnesota.
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USS Olmsted (APA-188) in 1954 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Olmsted |
Namesake | Olmsted County, Minnesota |
Ordered | as a Type VC2-S-AP5 hull, MCE hull 656[1] |
Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
Yard number | 656[1] |
Laid down | 11 April 1944 |
Launched | 4 July 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Duncan Gregg |
Commissioned | 5 September 1944 |
Decommissioned | 21 February 1947 |
Recommissioned | 2 February 1952 |
Decommissioned | 27 February 1959 |
Stricken | 1 July 1960 |
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Motto | "You Call We Haul" |
Honors and awards | 1 × battle stars for World War II service |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1 August 1981 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Haskell-class attack transport |
Type | Type VC2-S-AP5 |
Displacement | |
Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 17.7 kn (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) (ship's trials) |
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Troops | 87 officers, 1,475 enlisted |
Complement | 99 officers, 593 enlisted |
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Service record | |
Part of: | TransRon 14 |
Operations: | Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (1–22 April 1945) |
Awards: |
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