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LST-330 / AGP-4 Portunus

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship: Laid down as LST-330, 12 November 1942 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA. ; Reclassified a Portunus Class Motor Torpedo Boat Tender; Launched, 11 February 1943; Commisisoned USS Portunus (AGP-4), 12 June 1943 at Baltimore, MD.; Decommissioned, 18 April 1946 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 18 November 1946; Final disposition, transferred to the Maritime Commission ,6 February 1948, simultaneously delivered to the Kaiser Co., Oakland for scrapping; Portunus earned 3 battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 8.960 t.; Length 328'; Beam 50'; Draft unloaded, bow 2' 4" stern 7' 6", loaded bow 8' 2" stern 14' 1"; Speed 12k.; Complement 208; Troop Capacity, approx. 140 officers and enlisted; Boats, 2-6 LCVP; Armament; eight 40mm gun mounts, eight 20mm gun mounts, two .50-cal machine guns, four .30-cal machine guns; Propulsion, two General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders.

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