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U.S.S. MENDOCINO

(APA-100)

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APA-100 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1943-Keel Date: 20 SEP 1943
at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS
JAN1944-DEC1946Middle Pacific
FEB1944-Launch Date: 11 FEB 1944
OCT1944-Commissioned: 31 OCT 1944
DEC1944-APR1946Panama Canal
FEB1946-Decommissioned: 27 FEB 1946

APA-100 General Specifications

Class: Bayfield-class attack transport

Named for: A county in northern California along the Pacific coast

Complement: 51 Officers and 524 Enlisted

Displacement: 8100 tons

Length: 492 feet

Beam: 69 feet 6 inches

Flank Speed: 18 knots

Final Disposition: Scrapped 1973