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About: SS American Legion

About: SS American Legion

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American Legion was built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB), one of the planned World War I troop transports converted before construction into passenger and cargo vessels, the Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ships. The ship was laid down as Koda and perhaps assigned the name Badger State at one point, but renamed American Legion before launch and one of only a few of the design not taking a state nickname. Originally operated by the USSB's agents and the Munson Steamship Line the ship saw commercial service until laid up 13 March 1939.

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  • American Legion was built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB), one of the planned World War I troop transports converted before construction into passenger and cargo vessels, the Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ships. The ship was laid down as Koda and perhaps assigned the name Badger State at one point, but renamed American Legion before launch and one of only a few of the design not taking a state nickname. Originally operated by the USSB's agents and the Munson Steamship Line the ship saw commercial service until laid up 13 March 1939. American Legion was formally transferred to the War Department for use as a United States Army transport on 19 December 1939 operating as USAT American Legion until transfer to the United States Navy 22 August 1941. The Navy commissioned the ship USS American Legion initially classifying the ship a transport with hull number AP-35. On 1 February 1943 the Navy reclassified the ship as an attack transport ( Harris class) with hull number APA-17. American Legion decommissioned on 28 March 1946 and was sold for scrap 5 February 1948. (en)
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  • 1941-08-22 (xsd:date)
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  • 1941-08-26 (xsd:date)
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  • 7309189.37
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  • 1946-03-20 (xsd:date)
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  • 1921-07-23 (xsd:date)
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  • 1919-10-11 (xsd:date)
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  • Sold for scrap, 5 February 1948
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  • 1941-08-22 (xsd:date)
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  • *4 × 3"/50 cal. DP gun mounts, *2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, *2 × quad 1.1"/75 caliber gun mounts, *10 × single 20 mm gun mounts. (en)
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  • *Troops: 107 Officers, 1,537 Enlisted *Cargo: 120,000 cu ft, 2,500 tons (en)
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  • American Legion (en)
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  • *EFC Design 1029 ship * (en)
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  • 1941-08-26 (xsd:date)
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  • Officers 43, Enlisted 639 (en)
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  • United States (en)
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  • 1946-03-20 (xsd:date)
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  • 1921-07-15 (xsd:date)
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  • 13529 (xsd:integer)
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  • 0001-02-05 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • Two battle stars for World War II service (en)
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  • United States official number: 221478 (en)
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  • American Legion (en)
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  • The American Legion, a patriotic organization (en)
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  • 7309189.37
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  • *2 × Westinghouse geared turbine drives, 8 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers * 2 propellers, designed (en)
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  • 0001-02-01 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • Mrs. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (en)
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  • 1946-03-20 (xsd:date)
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  • American Legion was built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB), one of the planned World War I troop transports converted before construction into passenger and cargo vessels, the Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ships. The ship was laid down as Koda and perhaps assigned the name Badger State at one point, but renamed American Legion before launch and one of only a few of the design not taking a state nickname. Originally operated by the USSB's agents and the Munson Steamship Line the ship saw commercial service until laid up 13 March 1939. (en)
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  • SS American Legion (en)
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  • American Legion (en)
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