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USS Ormsby
_mooring_at_San_Francisco,_California_(USA),_on_17_July_1943.jpg) Ormsby at Mare Island Navy Yard, 17 July 1943
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Ormsby (APA-49) |
| Namesake | Ormsby County, Nevada |
| Builder | Moore Dry Dock |
| Laid down | 21 July 1942 |
| Launched | 20 October 1942 |
| Christened | Twilight |
| Acquired | 10 March 1943 |
| Commissioned | 28 June 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 15 March 1946 |
| Renamed | USS Ormsby (APA-49), American Producer |
| Reclassified | AP-94 to APA-49, 1 February 1943 |
| Stricken | 17 April 1946 |
| Identification | MCV Hull Type C2-S-B1, MCV Hull No. 288 |
| Honours and awards | Six battle stars for World War II service |
| Fate | Scrapped July 1969 after accident |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Ormsby-class attack transport |
| Displacement | 7,300 tons (lt), 13,910 t. (fl) |
| Length | 459 ft 3 in |
| Beam | 63 ft |
| Draft | 24 ft |
| Propulsion | 1 x General Electric geared drive turbine, 2 x Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers, 1 x propeller, designed shaft horsepower 6,000 |
| Speed | 17 knots |
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| Complement | Officers 46, Enlisted 478 |
| Armament | 2 x 5"/38 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 x Bofors 40mm gun mounts, 4 x twin 20mm gun, 18 x 20mm single gun mounts. |
USS Ormsby (APA-49) was an Ormsby-class attack transport that served with the US Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was subsequently sold into commercial service and was scrapped in 1969.
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