USS Valencia
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USS Valencia (AKA-81) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was sold into commercial service and was scrapped in 1970.
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Name | USS Valencia |
Namesake | Valencia County, New Mexico |
Builder | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina |
Laid down | 20 May 1944 |
Launched | 22 July 1944 |
Commissioned | 9 January 1945 |
Decommissioned | 8 May 1946 |
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Stricken | 21 May 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 | 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) |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Complement | 395 |
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