![]() USS Fillmore (APA-83) underway in San Francisco Bay in late 1945 or early 1946. She is returning troops to the United States as part of Operation Magic Carpet.
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Name | USS Fillmore (APA-83) |
Namesake | Fillmore County, Minnesota and Fillmore County, Nebraska |
Builder | Consolidated Steel |
Launched | 4 January 1945 |
Sponsored by | Miss Mary L. Rutte |
Acquired | N/A |
Commissioned | 25 February 1945 |
Decommissioned | 24 January 1947 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, September 1966 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gilliam-class attack transport |
Displacement | 4,247 tons (lt), 7,080 t.(fl) |
Length | 426 ft (130 m) |
Beam | 58 ft (18 m) |
Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
Propulsion | Westinghouse turboelectric drive, 2 boilers, 2 propellers, Design shaft horsepower 6,000 |
Speed | 17 knots |
Capacity | 47 Officers, 802 Enlisted |
Crew | 27 Officers, 295 Enlisted |
Armament | 1 x 5"/38 caliber dual-purpose gun mount, 4 x twin 40mm gun mounts, 10 x single 20mm gun mounts |
Notes | MCV Hull No. 1876, hull type S4-SE2-BD1 |
USS Fillmore (APA-83) was a Gilliam-class attack transport that served with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1947. She was scrapped in 1966.