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USS OGLETHORPE

(AKA-100)

LTLF - Land The Landing Force

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AKA-100 Deployments - Major Events

Add a AKA-100 Shellback Initiation Add a AKA-100 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC 1944 Keel Date: 26 DEC 1944
at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny NJ
APR 1945 Launch Date: 15 APR 1945
JUN 1945 Commissioned: 6 JUN 1945
SEP 1950 - OCT 1950 Inchon Landing
JUL 1959 - JUL 1959 Great Lakes
JAN 1960 - JUN 1960 Mediterranean
SEP 1962 - OCT 1962 Cuban Missle Blockade
SEP 1963 - MAR 1964 Mediterranean
JAN 1968 - JUL 1968 Mediterranean

AKA-100 General Specifications

Class: Andromeda-class attack cargo ship

Named for: Oglethorpe County

Complement: 425 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 14200 tons

Length: 459 feet 2 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Flank Speed: 16 Knots

Final Disposition: Unknown