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U.S.S. SIDONIA

(AKA-42)


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AKA-42 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB1945-Keel Date: 1 FEB 1945
at Walsh-Kaiser Company Providence RI
APR1945-Commissioned: 30 APR 1945
APR1945-Launch Date: 7 APR 1945
FEB1946-Decommissioned: 25 FEB 1946

AKA-42 General Specifications

Class: Artemis-class attack cargo ship

Complement: 303 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 4087 tons

Length: 426 feet

Beam: 58 feet

Draft: 16 feet

Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 7 December 1964