USS Riverside (APA-102)

	Riverside on 21 December 1944
History
United States
Namesake	Riverside County, California
Ordered	as C3-S-A2 hull, MC hull 870
Laid down	11 November 1943
Launched	13 April 1944
Acquired	29 June 1944
Commissioned	USS Riverside (APA-102), 29 June 1944
Decommissioned	27 April 1946
Stricken	8 May 1946
Identification	IMO number: 5242093
Fate	Returned to the Maritime Commission, 28 April 1946
General characteristics
Displacement	8,100 t.(lt) 16,100 t.(fl)
Length	492 ft 6 in (150.11 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draught	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Propulsion	one General Electric geared drive turbine; two Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers; single propeller; design shaft horsepower 8,500
Speed	18 kts.
Boats & landing ; craft carried	twelve LCVPs; four LCM (Mk-6)s; three LCP(L) (MK-IV)s;
Capacity	180,500 cu. ft, 4,800 t.
Complement	51 Officers, 524 Enlisted; Flag: 43 Officers, 108 Enlisted;
Armament	two single 5 in (130 mm) dual purpose gun mounts one fore and one aft; two single 40 mm AA gun mounts; two twin 40 mm AA gun mounts; eighteen single 20 mm AA gun mounts;

USS Riverside (APA-102) was a Bayfield-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. In 1948, she was sold into commercial service. She sank in Smyth Channel, Chile, in 1968.

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