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USS SYLVANIA

(AKA-44)

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AKA-44 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB 1945 Keel Date: 24 FEB 1945
at Walsh-Kaiser Company Providence RI
APR 1945 Launch Date: 25 APR 1945
MAY 1945 Commissioned: 19 MAY 1945
JAN 1946 - DEC 1946 operation crossroads
DEC 1946 Decommissioned: 17 DEC 1946

AKA-44 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: Scrapped 1964