USS Lejeune
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USS Lejeune (AP-74)[3] was a German cargo liner that was converted to a United States Navy troop transport during the Second World War. Her original name was Windhuk.
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History | |
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Germany | |
Name | Windhuk |
Operator | Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie[1] |
Port of registry | Bremen |
Builder | Blohm+Voss, Hamburg |
Yard number | 507 |
Completed | 1936[1] |
Identification |
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Fate | Interned in Brazil August 1942 |
United States | |
Name | USS Lejeune (AP-74) |
Namesake | John Archer Lejeune |
Operator | United States Navy |
Acquired | 12 August 1942 |
Commissioned | 12 May 1944 |
Decommissioned | 9 February 1948 |
Stricken | July 1957 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1966 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 16,662 GRT[1] |
Length | |
Beam | 72.5 ft (22.1 m) |
Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Depth | 31.5 ft (9.6 m) |
Decks | 3 |
Installed power | 14,000 SHP[1] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h)[1] |
Troops | 4,650 |
Complement | 501 |
Armament |
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