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History
USS WoodfordUnited States
NameUSS Woodford
Namesake
  • Woodford County, Illinois
  • Woodford County, Kentucky
BuilderNorth Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Laid down17 July 1944
Launched5 October 1944
Commissioned3 March 1945
Decommissioned1 May 1946
Renamed
  • SS Suzanne
  • SS Rappahannock
Stricken8 May 1946
Fate
  • Sold into merchant service, 31 October 1947
  • Scrapped, 19 May 1973
General characteristics
Class and typeTolland-class attack cargo ship
Displacement13,910 long tons (14,133 t) full
Length459 ft 2 in (139.95 m)
Beam63 ft (19 m)
Draft26 ft 4 in (8.03 m)
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement395
Armament
  • 1 × 5"/38 caliber gun
  • 4 × twin 40 mm guns
  • 16 × 20 mm guns

USS Woodford (AKA-86) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was sold into commercial service and was scrapped in 1973.

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