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USS Rankin
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Rankin |
| Namesake | Rankin County, Mississippi |
| Ordered | July 1944 |
| Builder | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Laid down | 31 October 1944 |
| Launched | 22 December 1944 |
| Commissioned | 25 February 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 21 May 1947 |
| Recommissioned | 22 March 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 11 May 1971 |
| Reclassified | LKA-103, 1969 |
| Stricken | 1 January 1977 |
| Motto | "Ready Now" |
| Honors and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate | Sunk as a fishing & diving reef off Stuart, Florida, 24 July 1988 |
| Badge | _insignia,_in_the_1950s_(NH_64702-KN).png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tolland-class attack cargo ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 459 ft 2 in (139.95 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m) |
| Propulsion | GE geared turbine drive, single propeller, 6,000 shp (4.5 MW) |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Range | 17,000 miles |
| Boats & landing craft carried | |
| Capacity | 380,000 ft3 (11.000 m³), 5,275 tons |
| Complement | 62 officers, 333 men |
| Armament |
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USS Rankin (AKA-103/LKA-103) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1947 and again from 1952 to 1971. She was finally sunk as an artificial reef in 1988.
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