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USS PIERCE

(APA-50)

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APA-50 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUL 1942 Keel Date: 22 JUL 1942
at Moore Dry Dock
OCT 1942 Launch Date: 10 OCT 1942
JUN 1943 Commissioned: 30 JUN 1943
MAR 1946 Decommissioned: 11 MAR 1946

APA-50 General Specifications

Class: Ormsby-class attack transport

Complement: 43 Officers and 478 Enlisted

Displacement: 7300 tons

Length: 459 feet 3 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Draft: 24 feet

Final Disposition: Scrapped May 1969