Name USS DuPage Decommissioned 1959 Launched 2 January 1943 | Commissioned 1951 (U.S. Navy) Fate scrapped in 1959 Length 135 m | |
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Builder Oregon Shipbuilding Co. Laid down 9 December 1942, as SS John W. Weeks | ||
USS DuPage , a self propelled barracks ship was laid down on December 9, 1942 as S.S. John W. Weeks, and launched on January 2, 1943. It was delivered to the War Shipping Administration for operation under contract to the U.S. Army Transportation Service. During 1951 the ship was acquired by the U.S. Navy and placed in service as the USS DuPage (APB – 51). Later it was placed out of service (date unknown) and returned to the Maritime Administration for disposal. The ship was scrapped during 1959.
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