USS Windsor (APA-55)
USS Windsor underway in harbor, c. 1943 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Windsor (APA-55) |
| Namesake | Windsor County, Vermont |
| Builder | Bethlehem Sparrow's Point Shipyard |
| Laid down | 23 July 1942 |
| Launched | 28 December 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Patricia Moreell |
| Commissioned | 17 June 1943 as APA-55 |
| Decommissioned | 4 March 1946 |
| Reclassified | APA-55 on 16 June 1943 |
| Stricken | 12 April 1946 |
| Honors & awards | 5 battle stars |
| Fate | Scrapped in Taiwan in 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Windsor class attack transport |
| Displacement | 13,143 tons |
| Length | 473 ft 1 in (144.20 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion | two boilers, one geared turbine drive, single shaft, 8,000 hp (6,000 kW) |
| Speed | 18.6 knots (21.4 mph; 34.4 km/h) |
| Troops | 1,511 |
| Complement | 552 |
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USS Windsor (APA-55) was a Windsor-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1972.