USS Talladega
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USS Talladega (APA/LPA-208) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. Talladega was named for Talladega County, Alabama.
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Name | Talladega |
Namesake | Talladega County, Alabama |
Ordered | as a Type VC2-S-AP5 hull, MCE hull 556[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Yard number | 556[1] |
Laid down | 3 June 1944 |
Launched | 17 August 1944 |
Sponsored by | Miss Marie Tomerlin |
Commissioned | 31 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 27 December 1946 |
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Honors and awards | 2 × battle stars for World War II service |
Fate | laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Francisco Group, 27 December 1946 |
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Recommissioned | 8 December 1951 |
Decommissioned | 20 October 1969 |
Reclassified | redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA-208), 1 January 1969 |
Stricken | 1 September 1976 |
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Nickname(s) | "The Tremblin' T"[2] |
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Class and type | Haskell-class attack transport |
Type | Type VC2-S-AP5 |
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Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
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Speed | 17.7 kn (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) |
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Troops | 87 officers, 1,475 enlisted |
Complement | 56 officers, 480 enlisted |
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Part of: | TransRon 16 (WWII) |
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