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USS SHERIDAN

(APA-51)

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APA-51 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG 1942 Keel Date: 5 AUG 1942
at Moore Dry Dock
NOV 1942 Launch Date: 11 NOV 1942
JUL 1943 Commissioned: 31 JUL 1943
MAR 1946 Decommissioned: 5 MAR 1946

APA-51 General Specifications

Class: Ormsby-class attack transport

Named for: Counties named after Civil War General Philip H. Sheri

Complement: 42 Officers and 478 Enlisted

Displacement: 7300 tons

Length: 459 feet 3 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Flank Speed: 16 Knots

Final Disposition: Scrapped July 1969 after explosion