USS Shelby
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USS Shelby (APA-105) was a Windsor-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. She was commissioned late in the war and initially assigned to transport duties; consequently she did not take part in any combat operations.
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United States | |
Name | USS Shelby (APA-105) |
Namesake | |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel |
Laid down | 13 June 1944 |
Launched | 25 October 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs B. Barrett Griggith |
Commissioned | 20 January 1945 |
Decommissioned | 14 May 1946 |
Stricken | 5 June 1946 |
Honours and awards | One battle star for World War II service |
Fate | Scrapped 1974 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Windsor-class attack transport |
Displacement | 7,970 tons (lt), 13,143 t. (fl) |
Length | 473 ft 1 in |
Beam | 66 ft |
Draft | 25 ft |
Propulsion | Bethlehem geared turbine drive, 2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, single propeller, designed shaft horsepower 8,000 |
Speed | 18.6 knots |
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Complement | Officer 42 Enlisted 434 |
Armament | 1 x 5"/38 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 x Bofors 40mm gun mounts, 2 x twin 20mm gun mounts, 18 x single 20mm gun mounts |
Notes | MCV Hull No. 1678, hull type C3-S-A3 |
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Shelby was named after counties in nine US states. She was laid down on 13 June 1944 under Maritime Commission contract by the Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland; launched on 25 October 1944; and commissioned on 20 January 1945.