USS Wheatland

History
United States
NameUSS Wheatland
NamesakeWheatland County, Montana
BuilderNorth Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Laid down17 July 1944
Launched21 September 1944
Commissioned3 April 1945
Decommissioned25 April 1946
Renamed
  • SS Beatrice
  • SS Bangor
  • SS Grand Loyalty
Stricken8 May 1946
Fate
  • Sold for merchant service, 3 April 1947
  • Scrapped at Taiwan, December 1973
General characteristics
Class and typeTolland-class attack cargo ship
Displacement13,910 long tons (14,133 t) full
Length459 ft 2 in (139.95 m)
Beam63 ft (19 m)
Draft26 ft 4 in (8.03 m)
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement395
Armament

USS Wheatland (AKA-85) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was sold into commercial service and was scrapped in 1973.


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