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USS LAMAR

(APA-47)

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APA-47 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR 1943 Keel Date: 31 MAR 1943
at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS
AUG 1943 Launch Date: 28 AUG 1943
APR 1944 Commissioned: 6 APR 1944
MAR 1946 Decommissioned: 7 MAR 1946

APA-47 General Specifications

Class: Bayfield-class attack transport

Named for: Counties in Alabama

Complement: 581 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 7845 tons

Length: 492 feet

Beam: 69 feet 6 inches

Flank Speed: 18 Knots

Final Disposition: Sold 3 July 1946