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AKA-29 Lacerta

Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship: Laid down, 5 July 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Providence, RI; Launched, 10 November 1944; Acquired from the Maritime Commission and Commissioned USS Lacerta (AKA-29), 19 December 1944; Decommissioned, 25 March 1946, at Norfolk VA.; Struck from the Naval Register and returned to the Maritime Commission, (date unknown), for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Final Disposition, fate unknown. Lacerta received one battle star for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 4,087 t.(lt) 7,080 t(fl); Length 426'; Beam 58'; Draft 16'5"; Speed 16.9kts; Complement 303; Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four dual 40mm gun mounts, ten single 20mm gun mounts; Cargo capacity, 4,450DWT; Boats one LCP(L), twelve LCVP, eight LCM(3); Troop Capacity 264; Propulsion, two turbo-electric engines, twin shafts, 6,000shp.

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	101k	Lacerta (AKA-29), date and place unknown.		Gary Richardson. His father, Raymond Richardson, S1c, served in Lacerta during 1944-45.

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U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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