USS Wrangell (AE-12)
USS Wrangall in the South China Sea, 1966. |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Wrangell |
| Builder: | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Laid down: | February 1944 |
| Launched: | 14 April 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 10 October 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 19 November 1946 |
| Recommissioned: | 14 November 1951 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 December 1970 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1976 |
| Honors and awards: |
3 battle stars (World War II) 5 battle stars (Vietnam) |
| Fate: | Scrapped (1983) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Mount Hood-class ammunition ship |
| Length: | 459 ft 2 in (140 m) |
| Beam: | 63 ft (19.2 m) |
| Draught: | 28 ft 3 in (8.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbine 1 × shaft 6,000 shp (4.5 MW) |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 7,700 long tons (7,800 t) deadweight |
| Complement: | 267 officers and enlisted |
USS Wrangell (AE-12) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1375) as SS Midnight during February 1944 at Wilmington, North Carolina, by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company; launched on 14 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. G. T. Cambell; delivered to the Navy, incomplete, on 28 May 1944; moved to Hampton Roads; converted to an ammunition ship by the Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.; and commissioned on 10 October 1944 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Comdr. Haskell C. Todd in command.
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