USS Lenoir (AKA-74)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Lenoir.
USS Lenoir (AKA-74) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was sold into commercial service and was scrapped in 1971.
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Name | USS Lenoir |
Namesake | Lenoir County, North Carolina |
Builder | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina |
Laid down | 7 September 1944 |
Launched | 6 November 1944 |
Commissioned | 14 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 13 June 1946 |
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Honors and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tolland-class attack cargo ship |
Displacement | 13,910 long tons (14,133 t) full |
Length | 459 ft 2 in (139.95 m) |
Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m) |
Propulsion | GE geared turbine drive, single propeller, 6,000 hp (4.5 MW) |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Range | 17,000 miles |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Capacity | 380,000 ft³ (11.000 m³), 5,275 tons |
Complement | 247 |
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