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USS CATRON

(APA-71)

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APA-71 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG 1944 Launch Date: 28 AUG 1944
NOV 1944 Commissioned: 28 NOV 1944
AUG 1946 Decommissioned: 29 AUG 1946

APA-71 General Specifications

Class: Gilliam-class attack transport

Complement: 27 Officers and 295 Enlisted

Displacement: 4247 tons

Length: 426 feet

Beam: 58 feet

Draft: 16 feet

Final Disposition: Sunk as a target 6 May 1948