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USS DUPLIN
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AKA-87 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| AUG | 1944 | Keel Date: 18 AUG 1944 at North Carolina Shipbuilding Company Wilmington NC |
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| OCT | 1944 | Launch Date: 17 OCT 1944 | |||
| MAY | 1945 | Commissioned: 15 MAY 1945 | |||
| MAY | 1946 | Decommissioned: 21 MAY 1946 | |||
AKA-87 General Specifications
Class: Tolland-class attack cargo ship
Named for: Duplin County
Complement: 429 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 6350 tons
Length: 459 feet 2 inches
Beam: 63 feet
Flank Speed: 16 knots
Final Disposition: Sold into merchant service 1946Scrapped in 1971
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