USS President Adams
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For similarly named ships, see USS Adams and USS John Adams.
USS President Adams (AP-38/APA-19) was a President Jackson-class attack transport of the United States Navy, named for Founding Father John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, the second and sixth Presidents of the United States.
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President Adams (AP-38), probably at Nouméa, New Caledonia, on 4 August 1942, the eve of the Guadalcanal-Tulagi invasion. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS President Adams |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia |
Laid down | 6 June 1940 |
Launched | 31 January 1941 |
Commissioned | 19 November 1941 |
Decommissioned | 14 June 1950 |
Reclassified | APA-19, 1 February 1943 |
Stricken | 1 October 1958 |
Honors and awards | 9 battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Scrapped, 1974 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | President Jackson-class attack transport |
Displacement | 16,175 long tons (16,435 t) full |
Length | 491 ft 10 in (149.91 m) |
Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
Draft | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 17.9 knots (33.2 km/h; 20.6 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Capacity | 3,600 long tons (3,658 t) |
Troops | 76 officers and 1,258 enlisted |
Complement | 36 officers and 477 enlisted |
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