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USS VINTON

(AKA-83)

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AKA-83 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUN 1944 Keel Date: 20 JUN 1944
at North Carolina Shipbuilding Company Wilmington NC
AUG 1944 Launch Date: 25 AUG 1944
FEB 1945 Commissioned: 23 FEB 1945
MAR 1946 Decommissioned: 16 MAR 1946

AKA-83 General Specifications

Class: Tolland-class attack cargo ship

Named for: Vinton County

Complement: 425 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 13910 tons

Length: 459 feet 2 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Flank Speed: 16 Knots

Final Disposition: Sold into merchant service 1946