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ANCON amphibious command ship (1939/1943)

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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