Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AP-29 USS U.S. Grant

• U.S. Grant class Transport:
• Displacement: 15,260 tons (full load)
• Length: 508'
• Beam: 55'
• Draft: 28'
• Speed: 14 knots
• Armament: 1 5"/51, 4 3"/50 DP 20mm
• Complement: 211
• Troops: 1,244
• Reciprocating engines, single screw, 8,00 shaft hp
• Built at Vulcan Aktiengesellschaft, Stettin, Germany as Konig Wilhelm II, 1907
• Seized at Hoboken, N.J. when US entered WWI, 6 April 1917
• Transferred to US Navy, and commissioned 16 June 1941 and classified AP-29

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS U.S. Grant

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