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AKA-35 Polana

Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship: Laid down, 11 December 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1896), at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Providence RI; Launched, 17 January 1945; Commissioned USS Polana (AKA-35), 21 February 1945 at Boston Navy Yard, Boston MA.; Decommissioned, 21 March 1946 at Portsmouth VA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946; Delivered to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA; Final Disposition, fate unknown.

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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	61k	Polana (AK-35), date and place unknown.		Hyperwar US Navy in WWII

View the Polana (AKA-35)
DANFS history entry located on the Hazegray & Underway web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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