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U.S.S. VANADIS

(AKA-49)


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AKA-49 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
APR1945-Keel Date: 18 APR 1945
at Walsh-Kaiser Company Providence RI
JUN1945-Launch Date: 8 JUN 1945
JUL1945-Commissioned: 9 JUL 1945
MAR1946-Decommissioned: 27 MAR 1946

AKA-49 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: Transferred to the Maritime Commission 2 July 1946