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USS AMERICAN LEGION

(APA-17)

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APA-17 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT 1919 Keel Date: 11 OCT 1919
at New York Shipbuilding
AUG 1941 Commissioned: 26 AUG 1941
MAR 1946 Decommissioned: 20 MAR 1946

APA-17 General Specifications

Class: Harris-class attack transport

Named for: The American Legion

Complement: 43 Officers and 639 Enlisted

Displacement: 13529 tons

Length: 535 feet 2 inches

Beam: 72 feet

Flank Speed: 18 knots

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 5 February 1948