USS Torrance
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USS Torrance (AKA-76) 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 1972.
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Name | USS Torrance |
Namesake | Torrance County, New Mexico |
Builder | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina |
Laid down | 1 April 1944 |
Launched | 6 June 1944 |
Acquired | 20 June 1944 |
Commissioned | 18 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | 20 June 1946 |
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Stricken | 3 July 1946 |
Honors and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tolland-class attack cargo ship |
Displacement | 14,160 long tons (14,387 t) full |
Length | 459 ft 2 in (139.95 m) |
Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m) |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Complement | 395 |
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