USS Carpellotti (APD-136)
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USS Carpellotti (APD-136) was a Crosley-class high speed transport in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1958. She was sold for scrap in 1966. Carpellotti was named after Marine Private First Class Louis J. Carpellotti (1918–1942), who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his actions on Tulagi, Solomon Islands, during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
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Name | USS Carpellotti |
Namesake | Louis J. Carpellotti |
Ordered | 1942 |
Builder | Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan |
Laid down | 31 October 1944 |
Launched | 10 March 1945 |
Commissioned | 30 July 1945 |
Decommissioned | 21 April 1958 |
Stricken | 1 December 1959 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1966 |
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Class and type | Crosley-class high speed transport |
Displacement | 1,450 long tons (1,473 t) |
Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
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Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
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Boats & landing craft carried | 4 × LCVPs |
Troops | 162 troops |
Complement | 204 (12 officers, 192 enlisted) |
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