APA-36 Cambria

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Bayfield, [APA].

Builder: Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Launch date: 10 November 1942.

Commission date: 04 May 1943.

Decommission date: 01 September 1971.

Displacement ( tons ): 8.100 standard, 16.100 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 150,11 x 21,18 x 8,08

Main machinery: 2 x Combustion Engineering boilers, 1 x Westinghouse turbine ( 8.500 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 18.

Complement: 581 ( 44 officers ) + 1600.

Guns: 2 x 127mm/38, 10 x Boffors 40mm/56 ( 4 x double mounting, 2 x singles ), 18 x 20mm.

Military lift: 1.600 marines; 4 x LCM; 12 x LCVP; 3 x LCPs.

Radar: ?.

Callsign: NJCF ()

Comment: Ex - SS Sea Swallow, Ex - AP-81.

Awards (as of 01/09/1970):