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LST-201 / AGP-20 Pontus
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship: Laid down at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL., 13 July 1942, Launched, 2 March 1943; Placed in reduced commission, as USS LST-201, 24 March 1943, ferried down the Mississippi River to Algiers, LA. for completion; Commissioned in full, 2 April 1943; Redesignated and Renamed USS Pontus (AGP-20), a Portunus Class Motor Torpedo Boat Tender, 15 August 1944; Decommissioned, 2 April 1946 at New York; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 26 November 1947; Final disposition, fate unknown; Pontus earned 3 battle stars during World War II.
Specifications: Displacement 1,780 t.(fl), 3,880 t.(fl); Length 328'; Beam 50'; Draft unloaded, bow 2' 4" stern 7' 6", loaded bow 8' 2" stern 14' 1"; Speed 12k.; Complement 8-10 Officers, 100-115 Enlisted; Troop Capacity, approx. 140 officers and enlisted; Boats, 2-6 LCVP; Armament; one single 3"/50 gun mount, five 40mm gun mounts, six 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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