USS Anacapa
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USS Anacapa (AG-49) was a Q-ship in the United States Navy. She was named for Anacapa, an island near the coast of California.
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USS Anacapa (AG-49) docked in Alaska | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Coos Bay (original name as a transport ship for the Coos Bay Lumber Company) |
Launched | 15 February 1919 |
Completed | May 1919 |
Acquired | 20 June 1942 |
Commissioned | 31 August 1942 |
Decommissioned | 21 March 1946 |
Renamed | USS Anacapa (AG-49) |
Reclassified | Miscellaneous Ship, AG |
Stricken | 12 April 1946 |
Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Commission, refitted and saw further service as a merchant ship. Wrecked and sunk in the Columbia River, 1964. |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 7,500 tons (full load) |
Length | 336 ft (102 m) |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Speed | 9 knots max. |
Complement | 155 |
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