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USS DORCHESTER

(APB-46)

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APB-46 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
APR 1945 Launch Date: 12 APR 1945
JUN 1945 Commissioned: 15 JUN 1945
OCT 1946 Decommissioned: 16 OCT 1946

APB-46 General Specifications

Class: LST-542-class tank landing ship

Named for: Dorchester County

Complement: 151 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2189 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Flank Speed: 12 knots

Final Disposition: Sold for conversion to a fish processing vessel 1 August 1974