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AKA-65 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| MAY | 1944 | Keel Date: 12 MAY 1944 at North Carolina Shipbuilding Company Wilmington NC |
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| JUL | 1944 | Launch Date: 17 JUL 1944 | |||
| SEP | 1944 | Commissioned: 24 SEP 1944 | |||
| JUN | 1945 | - | - | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 JUN 1945 - Pacific Ocean |
| JUN | 1946 | Decommissioned: 28 JUN 1946 | |||
AKA-65 General Specifications
Class: Tolland-class attack cargo ship
Named for: Shoshone River
Complement: 395 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 6318 tons
Length: 459 feet 2 inches
Beam: 63 feet
Flank Speed: 16 Knots
Final Disposition: Sold into merchant service 1947Scrapped 1971
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