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U.S.S. POLANA

(AKA-35)


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AKA-35 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1944-Keel Date: 11 DEC 1944
at Walsh-Kaiser Company Providence RI
JAN1945-Launch Date: 17 JAN 1945
FEB1945-Commissioned: 21 FEB 1945
MAR1946-Decommissioned: 21 MAR 1946

AKA-35 General Specifications

Class: Artemis-class attack cargo ship

Complement: 303 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 4087 tons

Length: 426 feet

Beam: 58 feet

Draft: 15 feet 6 in

Final Disposition: Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 26 June 19