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AP-59 / APA-29 Thomas Stone
President Jackson Class Transport: Laid down, 12 August 1940, as President Van Buren, a Maritime Commission type (C3-A) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 58) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Newport News VA; Launched, 1 May 1941; Delivered to American President Lines, 11 September 1941; Acquired by the Navy, 14 January 1942; Converted to a Naval Transport; Commissioned USS Thomas Stone (AP-59), 18 May 1942; Reclassified an Attack Transport (APA-29), 1 February 1943; Decommissioned, 1 April 1944, due to torpedo damage; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 April 1944; Final Disposition, sold to Le Material Economique, Algiers for Scrapping. Thomas Stone received one battle star for World War II service.
Specifications: Displacement 16,175 t (fl); Length 491'; Beam 69' 6"; Draft 26' 6"; Speed 18kts; Complement 58 Officers, 535 Enlisted; Troop Capacity 68 Officers, 1,197 Enlisted; Cargo Capacity 3,500 t.; Armament four 3"/50 guns, two twin 40mm mounts, eighteen single 20mm mounts; Propulsion, Geared turbine drive, 2 Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, single propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500.
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