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

AP-172 USS Cape Johnson

• Miscellaneous class Transport:
• Displacement: 10,120 tons
• Length: 418'
• Beam: 60'
• Draft: 24'
• Speed: 14.5 knots
• Armament: 1 5"/38 DP, 4 3"/50 DP, 4 40mm 12 20mm
• Complement: 371
• Troops: 1,550
• Geared turbine engines, single screw, 4,000 hp
• Built at Consolidated Steel, Wilmington, Cal., converted to troop transport by Los Angeles Shipbuilding, and commissioned 1 June 1944

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Cape Johnson

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