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USS WHEATLAND

(AKA-85)

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AKA-85 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUL 1944 Keel Date: 17 JUL 1944
at North Carolina Shipbuilding Company Wilmington NC
SEP 1944 Launch Date: 21 SEP 1944
APR 1945 Commissioned: 3 APR 1945
APR 1946 Decommissioned: 25 APR 1946

AKA-85 General Specifications

Class: Tolland-class attack cargo ship

Named for: Wheatland County

Complement: 425 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 13910 tons

Length: 459 feet 2 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Flank Speed: 16 Knots

Final Disposition: Unknown