USS Dane

History
United States
Name	USS Dane (APA-238)
Namesake	Dane County, Wisconsin
Builder	Oregon Shipbuilding
Launched	9 August 1945
Sponsored by	Mrs D. A. Button
Acquired	29 October 1945
Commissioned	29 October 1945
Decommissioned	20 December 1946
Stricken	17 August 1958
Fate	Scrapped 1975
General characteristics
Class and type	Haskell-class attack transport
Displacement	6,720 tons (lt), 14,837 t. (fl)
Length	455 ft
Beam	62 ft
Draft	24 ft
Propulsion	1 x Joshua Hendy geared turbine, 2 x Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 1 x propeller, designed shaft horsepower 8,500
Speed	17 knots
Boats & landing craft carried	2 x LCM, 12 x LCVP, 3 x LCPU
Capacity	86 Officers 1,475 Enlisted
Crew	56 Officers, 480 enlisted
Armament	1 x 5"/38 caliber dual-purpose gun mount, 1 x quad 40mm gun mount, 4 x twin 40mm gun mounts, 10 x single 20mm gun mounts
Notes	MCV Hull No. ?, hull type VC2-S-AP5

USS Dane (APA-238) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1975.

Dane was named after a county in Wisconsin. She was launched on 9 August 1945 by Oregon Shipbuilding of Portland, Oregon, under a Maritime Commission contract; transferred to the Navy 29 October 1945; and commissioned the same day.

Dane arrived too late too see action in World War II, but she arrived in time to participate in Operation Magic Carpet, the massive sealift made shortly after the war to bring returning servicemen home.

Dane made three "Magic Carpet" voyages to the West Pacific from 29 December 1945 to 10 July 1946, bringing home veterans from Okinawa, Guam, Peleliu, Manus, Truk, and Kwajalein.

She remained at San Francisco until placed out of commission 20 December 1946. She was transferred to the Maritime Administration 17 August 1958, which disposed of her some time thereafter. Her final disposition is unknown.

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

• APA-238 Dane, Navsource Online.

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