President Jackson

APA   18

 

BUILT:  1939 BEAM:  69'-6"  DRAFT:  26' 6"
LENGTH:  491'   CARGO [cu ft]:  185,000 PASS [troop ship]:  1,382
PROPULSION: Turbine   RADIUS [miles]: ?? TONS:  16,000
TYPE: SPEED [knots]:  18.4 DEPENDENTS / JAPAN: ??

Named in honor of U.S. President Andrew Jackson.  Originally commissioned as the USS President Jackson (AP-37).  Reclassified as an Attack Transport (APA-18) on 1 Feb 1943.

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 23 April 1973 and delivered, 15 May 1973, to N.W. Kennedy Ltd., % Mitsui & Co., (Canada) Ltd.

Ref:  http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03018.htm