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APA-142 Clearfield

Haskell Class Attack Transport: Laid down, (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (VC-S-AP5) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington CA.; Launched, 21 November 1944; Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 11 January 1945; Commissioned USS Clearfield (APA-142), 12 January 1945; Decommissioned, 4 March 1946, at Norfolk VA.; Returned to the Maritime Commission, 6 March 1946; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 6,873 t. (lt) 14,837 t (fl); Length 455'; Beam 62'; Speed 19kts; Complement 56 Officers 480 Enlisted; Troop Capacity 86 Officers 1,475 Enlisted; Cargo Capacity 150,000 cu. ft, 2,900 tons; Boats; 2 LCM, 12 LCVP, 3 LCPU; Armament 1 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mount, 4 twin 40mm gun mounts, 10 single 20mm gun mounts; Propulsion 1 Westinghouse Hendy geared turbine, 2 Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 1 propeller, Design shaft horsepower 8,500.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	63k	Clearfield (APA-142), date and place unknown.		Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
	78k	In the foreground is Heywood (AP-12), in San Francisco Bay, 23 May 1945. Among the ships in the distance are Arneb (AKA-56), at left, and Clearfield (APA-142), at right. US National Archives photo # 19-N-90748, from the US Navy's Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.		US Naval Historical Center

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U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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