USS San Saba
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USS San Saba (APA-232) was a Haskell-class attack transport which served with the US Navy in World War II. Commissioned in December 1944, she arrived just too late to see action, and spent the last weeks of the war on transport missions.
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San Saba underway, circa in 1945 | |
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United States | |
Name | USS San Saba (APA-232) |
Namesake | San Saba County, Texas |
Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 29 September 1944 |
Launched | 12 November 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs Richard Bissell |
Acquired | 3 December 1944 |
Commissioned | 3 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 17 December 1946 |
Stricken | 1 October 1958 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 8 May 1975 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Haskell-class attack transport |
Displacement | 6,873 tons (lt), 14,837 t. (fl) |
Length | 455 ft |
Beam | 62 ft |
Draft | 28 ft 1 in |
Propulsion | 1 x Joshua Hendy geared turbine, 2 x Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 1 x propeller, designed shaft horsepower 8,500 |
Speed | 18 knots |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 x LCM, 12 x LCVP, 3 x LCPU |
Capacity | 86 Officers 1,475 Enlisted |
Crew | 56 Officers, 480 enlisted |
Armament | 1 x 5"/38 caliber dual-purpose gun mount, 1 x quad 40mm gun mount, 4 x twin 40mm gun mounts, 10 x single 20mm gun mounts |
Notes | MCV Hull No. 678, hull type VC2-S-AP5 |
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San Saba was named after a county in Texas. She was laid down on 29 September 1944 under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 678) by Kaiser Shipbuilding of Vancouver, Washington; launched on 12 November 1944; acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on loan-charter basis on 3 December 1944; and commissioned the same day.