USS Accomac (APB-49)
USS Accomac (APB-49) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Accomac |
| Namesake | Accomac County, Virginia |
| Builder | Jeffersonville Boat & Machine, Jeffersonville, Indiana |
| Laid down | 13 May 1944 |
| Launched | 28 June 1944 |
| Commissioned | 24 July 1944, as USS LST-710 |
| Decommissioned | 9 August 1946 |
| Renamed | Accomac, 1 August 1945 |
| Reclassified | APB-49, 1 August 1945 |
| Stricken | 1959 |
| Honours and awards | 1 battle star (WWII) |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 7 December 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement | 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) |
| Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) |
| Speed | 11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph) |
| Complement | 119 |
| Armament | 2 × quad 40 mm guns |
USS Accomac (LST-710/APB-49) was a LST-542-class tank landing ship, the second ship in the service of the United States Navy named after Accomac, Virginia.
She was laid down as the unnamed LST-710 on 13 May 1944 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Jeffersonville Boat & Machine, launched on 28 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Maude B. Schricker, and commissioned on 24 July 1944.