USS Sarasota
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USS Sarasota (APA/LPA-204) was a Haskell-class attack transport that saw service with the US Navy in World War II, Korean War Era and after. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. Sarasota was named for Sarasota County, Florida.
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USS Sarasota (APA-204), at Lingayen Gulf, 8 January 1945. | |
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United States | |
Name | Sarasota |
Namesake | Sarasota County, Florida |
Ordered | as a Type VC2-S-AP5 hull, MCE hull 552[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Yard number | 552[1] |
Laid down | 11 April 1944 |
Launched | 14 June 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs Clayton L. Shaff |
Commissioned | 16 August 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1 August 1946 |
Recommissioned | 2 February 1951 |
Decommissioned | 2 September 1955 |
Reclassified | redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA-204), 1 January 1969 |
Stricken | 1 July 1966 |
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Honors and awards | 3 × battle stars for World War II service |
Fate | trade out for scrapping, 1 August 1983, removed, 15 November 1983 scrapping completed, 25 April 1984 |
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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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 |
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