About: USS Union (AKA-106)

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USS Union (AKA-106) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship of the United States Navy, the fourth ship with this name, and served as a commissioned ship for 25 years and 1 month. She was laid down as a Type C2-S-AJ3 ship named North Carolina (MC 1697) on 27 September 1944 by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, N.C.; launched on 23 November 1944 and renamed Union at the time of launching; sponsored by Mrs. ; moved to the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. at Hoboken, N.J., to undergo conversion into an attack transport for use by the United States Navy; and commissioned on 25 April 1945, Comdr. in command.

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  • USS Union (AKA-106) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship of the United States Navy, the fourth ship with this name, and served as a commissioned ship for 25 years and 1 month. She was laid down as a Type C2-S-AJ3 ship named North Carolina (MC 1697) on 27 September 1944 by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, N.C.; launched on 23 November 1944 and renamed Union at the time of launching; sponsored by Mrs. ; moved to the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. at Hoboken, N.J., to undergo conversion into an attack transport for use by the United States Navy; and commissioned on 25 April 1945, Comdr. in command. (en)
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  • Sold for scrap, September 1977
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  • *1 × 5"/38 caliber gun * 4 × twin 40 mm guns * 16 × 20 mm guns (en)
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  • Sold for scrap, September 1977 (en)
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  • *2 battle stars * 6 campaign stars (en)
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  • * Union County, Arkansas * Union County, Florida * Union County, Georgia * Union County, Illinois * Union County, Indiana * Union County, Iowa * Union County, Kentucky * Union County, Mississippi * Union County, New Jersey * Union County, New Mexico * Union County, North Carolina * Union County, Ohio * Union County, Oregon * Union County, Pennsylvania * Union County, South Carolina * Union County, South Dakota * Union County, Tennessee * Union Parish, Louisiana (en)
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  • *GE geared turbine drive * Single propeller * (en)
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  • USS Union (AKA-106) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship of the United States Navy, the fourth ship with this name, and served as a commissioned ship for 25 years and 1 month. She was laid down as a Type C2-S-AJ3 ship named North Carolina (MC 1697) on 27 September 1944 by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, N.C.; launched on 23 November 1944 and renamed Union at the time of launching; sponsored by Mrs. ; moved to the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. at Hoboken, N.J., to undergo conversion into an attack transport for use by the United States Navy; and commissioned on 25 April 1945, Comdr. in command. (en)
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  • USS Union (en)
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