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USS SUMTER

(APA-52)

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APA-52 Deployments - Major Events

Add a APA-52 Shellback Initiation Add a APA-52 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
APR 1942 Keel Date: 3 APR 1942
at Gulf Shipbuilding
OCT 1942 Launch Date: 4 OCT 1942
SEP 1943 Commissioned: 1 SEP 1943
MAR 1946 Decommissioned: 19 MAR 1946

APA-52 General Specifications

Class: Sumter-class attack transport

Named for: Thomas Sumter

Complement: 39 Officers and 410 Enlisted

Displacement: 13910 tons

Length: 468 feet 8 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Flank Speed: 16 Knots

Final Disposition: Scrapped October 1978