
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
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Last updated:
August 23, 2001