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U.S.S. SCANIA
(AKA-40)Click to view crew list
AKA-40 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JAN | 1945 | - | Keel Date: 6 JAN 1945 at Walsh-Kaiser Company Providence RI | ||
MAR | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 17 MAR 1945 | ||
APR | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 16 APR 1945 | ||
SEP | 1945 | - | Shellback Initiation - 11 SEP 1945 - Pacific Ocean | ||
SEP | 1947 | - | Decommissioned: 2 SEP 1947 |
AKA-40 General Specifications
Class: Artemis-class attack cargo ship
Complement: 303 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 4087 tons
Length: 426 feet
Beam: 58 feet
Draft: 16 feet
Final Disposition: Scrapped in 1965