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USS PRESIDENT JACKSON

(APA-18)

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APA-18 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT 1939 Keel Date: 2 OCT 1939
at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News VA
JUN 1940 Launch Date: 7 JUN 1940
JAN 1942 Commissioned: 16 JAN 1942
JUL 1955 Decommissioned: 6 JUL 1955

APA-18 General Specifications

Class: President Jackson-class attack transport

Named for: President Andrew Jackson

Complement: 35 Officers and 477 Enlisted

Displacement: 9500 tons

Length: 491 feet 10 inches

Beam: 69 feet 6 inches

Flank Speed: 17 knots

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 23 April 1973