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USS NIAGRA

(APA-87)

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APA-87 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV 1944 Keel Date: 20 NOV 1944
at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX
FEB 1945 Launch Date: 10 FEB 1945
MAR 1945 Commissioned: 29 MAR 1945
DEC 1946 Decommissioned: 12 DEC 1946

APA-87 General Specifications

Class: Gilliam-class attack transport

Named for: Fort Niagara

Displacement: 4247 tons

Length: 426 feet

Beam: 58 feet

Draft: 16 feet

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 5 February 1950