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

APA-23 USS John Penn

• Miscellaneous class Attack Transport:
• Displacement: 9,360 tons
• Length: 475'4"
• Beam: 62'
• Draft: 26'
• Speed: 16 knots
• Armament: 1 5"/38 DP, 4 3", 8 20mm
• Complement:
• Built at New York Shipbuilding as SSEscambion in 1931
• Acquired by the Navy 8 January 1942, and commissioned as AP-51 6 April 1942
• Reclassified APA-23 1 February 1943

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS John Penn
• In Memory of Leonard Fred Whaley, KIA 13 August 1943

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