About: USS Wayne (APA-54)

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USS Wayne (APA-54) was a Sumter-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Wayne was originally laid down as a type C2-S-E1 ship under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 476), yard hull 7 (U.S. Official Number 251508) on 20 April 1942 as Afoundria at Chickasaw, Alabama, by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation. The ship was renamed Wayne and classified as a transport, AP-99, on 26 October 1942; launched on 6 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. N. G. Nicolson; reclassified an attack transport, APA-54, on 1 February 1943; acquired by the Navy on 30 April 1943; delivered to the Navy the following day, 1 May 1943, and simultaneously placed in commission "in ordinary."

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  • USS Wayne (APA-54) was a Sumter-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Wayne was originally laid down as a type C2-S-E1 ship under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 476), yard hull 7 (U.S. Official Number 251508) on 20 April 1942 as Afoundria at Chickasaw, Alabama, by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation. The ship was renamed Wayne and classified as a transport, AP-99, on 26 October 1942; launched on 6 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. N. G. Nicolson; reclassified an attack transport, APA-54, on 1 February 1943; acquired by the Navy on 30 April 1943; delivered to the Navy the following day, 1 May 1943, and simultaneously placed in commission "in ordinary." Taken to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at , Baltimore, Maryland, Wayne was converted for naval service. Decommissioned on 11 May 1943 for the duration of the conversion work, Wayne (APA-54) was recommissioned at Baltimore on 27 August 1943. (en)
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  • Scrapped, May 1977
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  • *2 × dual-purpose gun mounts *4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts * *10 × single 20 mm gun mounts (en)
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  • 63.0
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  • *Troops: Officers 93, Enlisted 1,340 *Cargo: 170,000 cu ft, 1,300 tons (en)
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  • Sumter-class attack transport (en)
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  • 1943-08-27 (xsd:date)
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  • Officers 57, Enlisted 478 (en)
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  • United States (en)
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  • Scrapped, May 1977 (en)
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  • Seven battle stars for World War II service (en)
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  • USS Wayne (en)
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  • * Wayne County, Georgia * Wayne County, Illinois * Wayne County, Indiana * Wayne County, Iowa * Wayne County, Kentucky * Wayne County, Michigan * Wayne County, Mississippi * Wayne County, Missouri * Wayne County, Nebraska * Wayne County, New York * Wayne County, North Carolina * Wayne County, Ohio * Wayne County, Pennsylvania * Wayne County, Tennessee * Wayne County, Utah * Wayne County, West Virginia (en)
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  • MCV Hull No. 476, hull type C2-S-E1 (en)
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  • Mrs. N. G. Nicolson (en)
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  • USS Wayne (APA-54) was a Sumter-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Wayne was originally laid down as a type C2-S-E1 ship under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 476), yard hull 7 (U.S. Official Number 251508) on 20 April 1942 as Afoundria at Chickasaw, Alabama, by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation. The ship was renamed Wayne and classified as a transport, AP-99, on 26 October 1942; launched on 6 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. N. G. Nicolson; reclassified an attack transport, APA-54, on 1 February 1943; acquired by the Navy on 30 April 1943; delivered to the Navy the following day, 1 May 1943, and simultaneously placed in commission "in ordinary." (en)
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