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USS LEEDSTOWN

(APA-56)

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APA-56 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB 1942 Launch Date: 13 FEB 1942
JAN 1943 - JAN 1944 Middle Pacific
JUL 1943 Commissioned: 16 JUL 1943
MAR 1946 Decommissioned: 7 MAR 1946

APA-56 General Specifications

Class: Windsor-class attack transport

Named for: A city in Westmoreland County VA

Complement: 91 Officers and 522 Enlisted

Displacement: 7950 tons

Length: 473 feet 1 inches

Beam: 66 feet

Flank Speed: 18 knots

Final Disposition: Scrapped April 1970