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APV-3 / APM-9 Lakehurst

Kitty Hawk Class Aviation Transport: Built in 1940 as Seatrain New Jersey, at Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA.; Acquired by the Navy, 13 October 1942 and commissioned as Transport and Aircraft Ferry USS Lakehurst (APV-3) the same day, at New York City; Designation changed to Mechanized Artillery Transport (APM-1), 3 December 1942; Renumbered (APM-9), 17 December 1942; Decommissioned, 2 August 1943, at Norfolk, VA., struck from the Naval Register, and turned over to the WSA for transfer to the US Army Transportation Service the same day; Final Disposition, fate unknown. Lakehurst received one battle star for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 7,450 t.; Length 483'; Beam 68' 6"; Draft 26' 2"; Speed 16 kts; Complement 216; Armament one single 5" gun mount, four 3" guns, eight 20mm guns; Propulsion, one GE geared turbine, two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one propeller, 8,000 shp.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	73k	ex Lakehurst (APM-9) at anchor, 6 August 1943. She had been dexommissioned, 2 August and turned over to the US Army. US Navy photo from DANFS.		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
	181k	ex Lakehurst (APM-9) at anchor, 6 August 1943. She had been dexommissioned, 2 August and turned over to the US Army US Navy photo from DANFS.		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret

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DANFS history entry located at NavSource.

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