USS Thurston (AP-77) underway, 23 September 1942, location unknown
History
United States
Name
USS Thurston
Namesake
Thurston County, Nebraska
Thurston County, Washington
Builder
Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock
Laid down
9 December 1941
Launched
4 April 1942
Sponsored by
Mrs Dorothy W. Necht
Christened
SS Delsantos
Completed
11 July 1942
Acquired
13 September 1942
Commissioned
19 September 1942
Decommissioned
1 August 1946
Renamed
USS Dauphin, USS Thurston, SS Chickasaw
Stricken
28 August 1946
Identification
MC hull type C2-F, MC hull no. 134
Honors and awards
Seven battle stars for World War II service
Fate
Lost after running aground, 7 February 1962
General characteristics
Type
Type C2-F ship
Displacement
5,185 tons (lt) 13,898 t. (fl)
Length
459 ft 3 in
Beam
63 ft
Draft
23 ft
Propulsion
Steam turbine, single shaft, 6,000 hp
Speed
16.5 knots
Troops
1,306
Complement
456
Armament
4 x 3"/50 caliber dp guns, 4 x 40mm guns
USS Thurston (AP-77) was a troop transport that served with the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after counties in Nebraska and Washington.
Thurston was laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 134) as SS Delsantos (sometimes styled as Del Santos) on 9 December 1941 at Kearney, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, for the Mississippi Shipping Company; launched on 4 April 1942; and delivered on 11 July 1942. The ship was acquired by the Navy from the War Shipping Administration under a bare boat charter on 13 September 1942 and was renamed Dauphin and designated AP-77 on 16 September. However, to avoid confusion with a Canadian ship, HMCS Dauphin, the ship was again renamed on 18 September, this time as Thurston.
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