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- International Call Sign: N W U P (November-Whiskey-Uniform-Papa)
- Voice Call Sign: "Imperfect Queen"
- Displacement: 14,900 tons (full load)
- Length: 469'
- Beam: 63'
- Draft: 27'6"
- Speed: 15.5 knots (max)
- Armament 1944: 1 5"/38 DP; 4 3"/50 DP; 12 20mm
- Armament 1964: 4 3"/50 DP; 4 .50 Caliber Machine Guns
- Complement: 22 Officers, 230 Enlisted. Equip to carry up to 100 Passengers
- Cargo: 5,500 DWT
Refrigerated 185,555 Cu Ft, Non-Refrigerated 171,275 Cu Ft
Hold #1 & #2 35-40 Degrees Fruit, Vegetables & Dairy Products
Hold #3 0-20 Degrees Frozen Food
Hold #4 & #5 Dry Stores, Clothing, Fleet Issue Store Stock
- Geared Turbine Engine: 6,000 HP 1 Shaft
- Laid down, 1943, as SS Topa Topa Maritime Commission type (C2-S-E1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC 1612) at Gulf Shipbuilding Co., Chickasaw, AL
- Launched: 12 December 1943 at Gulf Shipbuilding Co. Chickasaw, AL
- Acquired by: US Navy February 19, 1944 and Fitted out as Refrigerated
Store ship at Bethlehem Steel Co. Baltimore, MD
- Commissioined: USS Graffias AF-29 October 28, 1944 Baltimore, MD
LCDR Bernard P. Caraher Commanding Officer
- Decommissioned: October 15, 1969 Peir Two Naval Air Station Alameda, CA
Captian Paul K. Clausen Commanding Officer
- Laid Up: October 31, 1969 National Defense Reserve Suisun Bay Benicia CA
- Struck: March 1, 1974 from the Naval Register
- Final Disposition: May 15, 1974 Sold for Scrapping to Dongkuk Steel Co of America
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