USS Callaway information

	Callaway at anchor
History
United States
Name	Callaway
Namesake	Callaway County, Missouri
Builder	Western Pipe & Steel
Laid down	10 June 1942
Launched	10 October 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs W. P. Maneull
Christened	Sea Mink
Commissioned	24 April 1943
Decommissioned	10 May 1946
Renamed	USS Callaway, President Harrison, President Fillmore, Hurricane.
Identification	APA-35
Honors and; awards	Six battle stars for service in World War II.
Fate	Scrapped 1974
Notes	WPS Hull No. 82.; MC Hull No. 270.; Type C3-S-A2.;
General characteristics
Class and type	Bayfield-class attack transport
Displacement	8,100 long tons (8,200 t) ; 16,100 long tons (16,400 t) fully loaded;
Length	492 ft (150 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Propulsion	General Electric geared turbine, 2 x Combustion Engineering D-type boilers, single propeller, 8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	12 x LCVP; 4 x LCM (Mk-6); 3 x LCP(L) (MK-IV);
Capacity	200,000 cu ft (5,700 m3)
Complement	Crew: 51 officers, 524 enlisted; Flag: 43 officers, 108 enlisted.; Troops: 80 officers, 1,146 enlisted;
Armament	2 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. dual purpose gun mounts; 2 × twin 40 mm AA gun mounts forward, port and starboard.; 2 × single 40 mm AA gun mounts.; 18 × single 20 mm AA gun mounts.;

USS Callaway (APA-35) was a Bayfield-class attack transport that served with the US Navy, and was manned by the United States Coast Guard during World War II.

Initially designated as a Navy Transport AP-80, Callaway was quickly re-designated as attack transport APA-35. The vessel was launched 10 October 1942 as Sea Mink by Western Pipe and Steel, San Francisco, California, under a Maritime Commission contract, acquired by the navy 24 April 1943, and commissioned the same day.

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History
Callaway at anchor
United States
Name	Callaway
Namesake	Callaway County, Missouri
Builder	Western Pipe & Steel
Laid down	10 June 1942
Launched	10 October 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs W. P. Maneull
Christened	Sea Mink
Commissioned	24 April 1943
Decommissioned	10 May 1946
Renamed	USS Callaway, President Harrison, President Fillmore, Hurricane.
Identification	APA-35
Honors and awards	Six battle stars for service in World War II.
Fate	Scrapped 1974
Notes	WPS Hull No. 82. MC Hull No. 270. Type C3-S-A2.
General characteristics
Class and type	Bayfield-class attack transport
Displacement	8,100 long tons (8,200 t) 16,100 long tons (16,400 t) fully loaded
Length	492 ft (150 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Propulsion	General Electric geared turbine, 2 x Combustion Engineering D-type boilers, single propeller, 8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	12 x LCVP 4 x LCM (Mk-6) 3 x LCP(L) (MK-IV)
Capacity	200,000 cu ft (5,700 m³)
Complement	Crew: 51 officers, 524 enlisted Flag: 43 officers, 108 enlisted. Troops: 80 officers, 1,146 enlisted
Armament	2 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. dual purpose gun mounts 2 × twin 40 mm AA gun mounts forward, port and starboard. 2 × single 40 mm AA gun mounts. 18 × single 20 mm AA gun mounts.