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U.S.S. SIRONA

(AKA-43)


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AKA-43 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1944-OCT1945West Pac
FEB1945-Keel Date: 15 FEB 1945
at Walsh-Kaiser Company Providence RI
APR1945-Launch Date: 17 APR 1945
MAY1945-Commissioned: 10 MAY 1945
JUN1946-Decommissioned: 12 JUN 1946

AKA-43 General Specifications

Class: Artemis-class attack cargo ship

Complement: 303 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 4087 tons

Length: 426 feet

Beam: 58 feet

Draft: 16 feet

Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 17 May 1966