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LST-1111
AKS-16 / APB-45 Blackford

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


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Benawah Class Self-propelled Barracks Ship
  • Authorized as LST-1111
  • Redesignated General Stores Issue Ship, Blackford (AKS-16), 8 December 1944
  • Laid down, 2 January 1945, at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.
  • Redesignated Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APB-45), 6 March 1945
  • Launched, 9 April 1945
  • Commissioned USS Blackford (APB-45), 9 July 1945, at Navy Supply Depot, New Orleans LA., Lt. A. E. Lorance, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 26 April 1947, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1060
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 3 August 1960, to Sampson Iron Supply Co.
    APB Specifications:
    Displacement 2,189 t., 4,080 (lim.)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2"
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 137
    Troop Accommodation 302
    Armament
    two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    two quad 40mm AA gun mounts
    twenty .50 and .30 cal machine guns
    Propulsion 2 General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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