USS Mountrail
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USS Mountrail (APA/LPA-213) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War era. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. Mountrail was named for Mountrail County, North Dakota.
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Starboard aerial bow view of USS Mountrail (APA-213), under way off the coast of California, in December 1944. | |
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Name | Mountrail |
Namesake | Mountrail County, North Dakota |
Ordered | as a Type VC2-S-AP5 hull, MCE hull 561[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Yard number | 561[1] |
Laid down | 24 June 1944 |
Launched | 20 September 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs Margaret H. Marshall |
Commissioned | 16 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | 12 July 1946 |
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Honors and awards | 1 × battle star for World War II service |
Fate | laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group, 12 July 1946 |
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Recommissioned | 9 September 1950 |
Decommissioned | 1 October 1955 |
Honors and awards | 3 × battle stars for Korean War service |
Fate | Withdrawn for Reserve Fleet, 5 August 1961, for reactivation |
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Acquired | 5 August 1961 |
Recommissioned | 22 November 1961 |
Decommissioned | 13 August 1970 |
Reclassified | redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA-213), 1 January 1969 |
Stricken | 1 December 1976 |
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Fate | Scrapping complete, 21 May 1991 |
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Class and type | Haskell-class attack transport |
Type | Type VC2-S-AP5 |
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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) |
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Troops | 86 officers, 1,475 enlisted |
Complement | 55 officers, 477 enlisted |
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Part of: | TransRon 17 (WWII) |
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