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U.S.S. MONROVIA
(APA-31)POWER TO ANY POINT
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APA-31 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a APA-31 Shellback Initiation | Add a APA-31 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAR | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 26 MAR 1942 at Bethlehem Steel | ||
| SEP | 1942 | - | Launch Date: 19 SEP 1942 | ||
| DEC | 1942 | - | Commissioned: 1 DEC 1942 | ||
| OCT | 1944 | - | Shellback Initiation - 2 OCT 1944 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| NOV | 1951 | - | MAY | 1952 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1953 | - | OCT | 1953 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1953 | - | SEP | 1953 | Assisted earthquake victims in Ithica Greece |
| JAN | 1956 | - | DEC | 1956 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1956 | - | OCT | 1956 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1956 | - | OCT | 1956 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1957 | - | JUL | 1957 | Mediterranean |
| FEB | 1957 | - | AUG | 1957 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1958 | - | OCT | 1958 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| JUL | 1958 | - | SEP | 1958 | Beirut Lebanon Marine landing |
| JUL | 1959 | - | MAR | 1960 | Mediterranean |
| JUL | 1959 | - | MAR | 1960 | Mediterranean |
| JUL | 1959 | - | MAR | 1960 | Mediterranean |
| NOV | 1960 | - | MAY | 1961 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| JAN | 1963 | - | MAR | 1963 | Caribbean |
| MAY | 1964 | - | OCT | 1964 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1965 | - | JUN | 1965 | Dominican Republic invasion/revolution |
| OCT | 1965 | - | APR | 1966 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1967 | - | MAY | 1967 | Guantanamo Bay |
| JAN | 1968 | - | MAY | 1968 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1968 | - | JUN | 1968 | Mediterranean |
APA-31 General Specifications
Class: Crescent City class attack transport
Named for: Monrovia
Complement: 55 Officers and 500 Enlisted
Displacement: 8889 tons
Length: 491 feet
Beam: 65 feet 9 inches
Flank Speed: 16 knots
Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 1968