Pinetree Line Miscellaneous

USS Latimer

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 geared turbine, 2 Combustion Engineering header-type boilers, 1 propeller, Design shaft horsepower 8,500.

Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract, (MC standard type VC2-S-AP5) at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland Oreg; Launched 4 July 1944; Aquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission and Commissioned USS Latimer (APA-152), 28 August 1944; Decommissioned 26 February 1947 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth Va and was assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Recommissioned 23 September 1950 at Portsmouth Va; Decommissioned 15 May 1956 at Orange Texas and was transferred to the Texas Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet;