Naval Warfare

USS Alamance (AKA-75)

Attack Cargo Ship [ 1944 ]

USS Alamance served as an attack cargo ship during World War 2 - decommissioned in 1946 and serving in merchant life until 1971.

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Specifications

Service Year

1944

Origin

United States

Complement

395
PERSONNEL

Class

Tolland-class

Number-in-Class

33
VESSELS

Ships-in-Class

Tolland (AKA-64); Shoshone (AKA-65); Southampton (AKA-66); Starr (AKA-67); Stokes (AKA-68); Suffolk (AKA-69); Tate (AKA-70); Todd (AKA-71); Caswell (AKA-72); New Hanover (AKA-73); Lenoir (AKA-74); Alamance(AKA-75); Torrance (AKA-76); Towner (AKA-77); Trego (AKA-78); Trousdale (AKA-79); Tyrrell (AKA-80); Valencia (AKA-81); Venango (AKA-82); Vinton (AKA-83); Waukesha (AKA-84); Wheatland (AKA-85); Woodford (AKA-86); Duplin (AKA-87); Ottawa (AKA-101); Prentiss (AKA-102); Rankin (AKA-103); Seminole (AKA-104); Skagit (AKA-105); Union (AKA-106); Vermilion (AKA-107); Washburn (AKA-108); San Joaquin (AKA-109)

United States; Taiwan

(OPERATORS list includes past, present, and future operators when applicable)

Length

459.0 ft
139.90 m

Beam

63.0 ft
19.20 m

Draught

26.3 ft
8.02 m

Displacement

15,900
tons

Installed Power: General Electric geared turbines developing 6,000 horsepower to 1 x shaft.

Surface Speed

16.5 kts
(19.0 mph)

1 x 5" /38 caliber deck gun

4 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft cannons (twin-gunned turrets).

16 x 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons

Supported Types

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