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USS DuPage (APA-41)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS DuPage |
| Namesake | DuPage County, Illinois |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Launched | 19 December 1942, as Sea Hound (AP-86) |
| Commissioned | 1 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 28 March 1946 |
| Reclassified | APA-41, 1 February 1943 |
| Honors and awards | 6 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bayfield-class attack transport |
| Displacement | 7,845 long tons (7,971 t) |
| Length | 491 ft 8 in (149.86 m) |
| Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 540 |
| Armament | 2 × 5"/38 caliber guns |
USS DuPage (AP-86/APA-41) was a Bayfield-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was then sold into commercial service and was scrapped in 1973.
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