No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
AGC4 (ex-AP66) | Ancon | Bethlehem, Quincy | 24.9.1938 | 6/1939 // 4.1943 | stricken 4.1946 |
Displacement standard, t |
9946 |
Displacement full, t |
13144 |
Length, m |
150.3 |
Breadth, m |
19.5 |
Draught, m |
8.00 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 sets Bethlehem geared steam turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers |
Power, h. p. |
10000 |
Max speed, kts |
18 |
Fuel, t |
oil 1186 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
10852(15) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 14 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4 |
Military load |
6 LCVP, 4 LCPL, 2 LCPR, 2 LCC, 195 HQ persons |
Electronic equipment |
presumably SA or SC, SG, SK, SM radars |
Complement |
707 |
Project history: Former s/s of Panama Rail Road Co., acquired by Army in January 1942 and used as transport (in the Navy from August, 1942 as AP66). Ship was converted to AGC from February till April 1943.
Modernizations:
None.1/1946: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 14 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, SA or SC, SG, SK, SM radars
Naval service: No significant events.
Ancon
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