USS Saint Croix
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Not to be confused with USS Saint Croix River.
USS Saint Croix (APA-231), was a Haskell-class attack transport of the United States Navy, able to carry 1,500 troops and their combat equipment, and to land them on a hostile shore using the ship's own landing craft.
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United States | |
Name | USS Saint Croix |
Namesake | St. Croix County, Wisconsin |
Builder | Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington |
Laid down | 25 September 1944 |
Launched | 9 November 1944 |
Commissioned | 1 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 7 April 1947 |
Reclassified | LPA-231, 1 January 1969 |
Stricken | 23 April 1947 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, November 1979 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Haskell-class attack transport |
Displacement | 14,837 long tons (15,075 t) full |
Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Troops | 1,562 |
Complement | 536 |
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The ship was built by the Kaiser Shipyard in Vancouver, Washington, and launched on 9 November 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Walter E. Hanawalt, and was accepted by the Navy and commissioned on 1 December 1944.