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- Code Number:
- MYNV18P05_01
- Title:
- USS President Jackson (APA-18), President Jackson-class attack transport, Transport Ship, PA-18
- Namesake: President Andrew Jackson
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down: 2 October 1939
Launched: 7 June 1940
Sponsored by: Mrs William G. McAdoo
Acquired: 30 June 1941
Commissioned: 16 January 1942
Decommissioned: 6 July 1955
Reclassified: AP-37 to APA-18, 1 February 1943
Struck: 1 October 1958
Identification: MCV Hull Type C3-P&C, MCV Hull No. 53
Honours and awards: Eight battle stars for World War II service and three for the Korean War
Fate: Sold for scrap, 23 April 1973
Class and type: President Jackson-class attack transport
Displacement: 9,500 tons (lt), 16,175 tons full
Length: 149.91 meters (491 feet 10 in)
Beam: 21.18 meters (69 feet 6 in)
Draft: 8.08 meters (26 feet 6 in)
Propulsion: 1x Newport News geared drive turbine, 2 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 1 propeller, designed shaft horsepower 8,500
Speed: 17?18 knots (20?21 mph; 31?33 km/h)
Capacity: Troops: 70 Officers, 1,312 Enlisted
Cargo: 5,200 m3 (185,000 cu feet), 3,500 short tons (3,200 t)
Complement: Officers 35, Enlisted 477
Armament: 4 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose guns, 2 single Bofors 40mm guns, 12 single 20mm guns. - Keywords:
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