APA-228 Rockbridge

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Haskell, [APA].

Builder: Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.

Launch date: 28 October 1944.

Commission date: 18 November 1944.

Decommission date: 29 November 1968.

Displacement ( tons ): 6.873 standard, 14.837 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 138 x 18 x 7

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

Speed ( knots ): 19.

Range ( miles ): 10.000 at 15 knots, 11.700 at 11 knots.

Complement: 357.

Guns: 1 x 127mm/38, 12 x Boffors 40mm/56 ( 4 x double mounting, 1 x quad mounting ), 10 x 20mm.

Military lift: 1.561 marines; 2 x LCM; 12 x LCVP; 3 x LCPs.

Radar: Air: 1 x Westinghouse AN/SPS-6.

Callsign: NPRX ()

Awards (as of 29/11/1968): 

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