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LST-1112 / AKS-17 / APB-46 Dorchester

Benawah Class Self-propelled Barracks Ship: Authorized as LST-1112; Redesignated General Stores Issue Ship named Dorchester (AKS-17), 8 December 1944; Redesignated Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APB-46); Laid down at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.; Launched, 12 April 1945 ; Commissioned USS Dorchester (APB-46), 15 June 1945; Decommissioned, 16 October 1946 at Vancouver WA.; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 2,189 t.; Length 328'; Beam 50'; Draft 11' 2"; Speed 12kts; Complement 151; Troop Capacity 990; Armament 8 40mm; Propulsion, 2 General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders.
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