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AKA-37 Roxane
Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship: Laid down 1 December 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (SE4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1898), at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Providence RI; Launched, 19 February 1945; Commissioned USS Roxane (AKA-37), 12 March 1945 at Boston Navy Yard, Boston MA.; Decommissioned, 5 June 1946, at Seattle WA.; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia WA., 29 June 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946; 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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