USS Starlight
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USS Starlight (AP-175) was a United States Navy Storm King-class auxiliary transport in commission from 1944 to 1945. She was designed as a troop carrier. After her naval service she became the civilian cargo ship SS Badger State. She sank in January 1970 after an explosion of a cargo of munitions on December 26, 1969, with the loss of 26 of her crew of 40 [2]
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USS Starlight (AP-175) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Starlight |
Builder | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina |
Laid down | 9 October 1943 |
Launched | 23 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 15 February 1944 |
Decommissioned | 12 August 1946 |
Renamed | SS Badger State |
Stricken | 28 August 1946 |
Honors and awards | 4 battle stars (World War II) |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Storm King-class transport |
Displacement | 13,910 long tons (14,133 t) full |
Length | 459 ft 2 in (139.95 m) |
Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Troops | 1,375 |
Complement | 360 |
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