USS Marlboro (APB-38)

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USS Marlboro (APB-38)
Marlboro near Boston Navy Yard
History
United States
Name: U.S.S. MARLBORO
Namesake: Marlboro County, South Carolina
Builder: American Bridge Co.
Laid down: 25 August 1944
Launched: 17 November 1944
Commissioned: 18 August 1945
Decommissioned: 5 May 1947
Fate: Scrapped, 1965
General characteristics
Class and type: Benewah-class
Displacement: 4,200 tons
Length: 328 Feet
Beam: 50 Feet
Draft: 11 Feet, 2 Inches
Propulsion: two General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines, double Falk Main Reduction Gears, five Diesel-drive 100 kW 120 / 240 V Ship's Service Generators, twin rudders
Speed: 12.5 Knots
Complement: 12 Officers, 129 Enlisted, with an additional 1,226 troops.[1]
Armament: Two quadruple Bofors 40mm guns, eight single 20mm AA guns
Aircraft carried: None
Aviation facilities: None

USS Marlboro (APB-38) was a Benewah-class self-propelled barracks ship of the United States Navy.

Ship history

Authorized to be built as APL-38 on 17 December 1943, Marlboro was redesignated APB-38 on 8 August 1944. She was laid down by the Boston Navy Yard at Boston, Massachusetts, on 25 August 1944 and launched on 17 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Marjorie Guile. Marlboro was commissioned 18 August 1945, Lieutenant Fred C. McPherson, USNR, in command. Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, Marlboro departed Boston 14 September for shakedown in Chesapeake Bay. On 15 October Marlboro got underway from Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, for duty with the Service Force out of New York City. She served as a barracks ship along the East Coast to the end of the year. On 8 January 1946, she steamed for the Caribbean, arriving 5 days later at Guantanamo, Cuba, where she remained until sailing 15 May with U.S. Marines embarked for the East Coast. Marlboro reached Norfolk on the 20th.[2]

Fate

Eight days later, she moved on to Green Cove Springs, Florida, anchoring on 30 May. Assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet on 1 June, she was decommissioned in January 1947 and was berthed on the St. Johns River.[3] Marlboro was struck from the Naval Register on 1 December 1963 and scrapped in 1965.[2]

Awards

References
  1. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/APB/APB-38_Marlboro.html
  2. "Marlboro". Naval History and Heritage Command, US Navy. Retrieved 27 July 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. http://www.historycentral.com/navy/ap/marlboro.html
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