USS Rolette
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Rolette |
| Namesake | Rolette County, North Dakota |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 2 December 1944 |
| Launched | 11 March 1945 |
| Commissioned | 27 April 1945 |
| Decommissioned | late 1945 |
| Stricken | 23 April 1947 |
| Reinstated | 13 August 1951 |
| Recommissioned | 23 February 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 1 May 1956 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1960 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1978 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Andromeda-class attack cargo ship |
| Type | Type C2-S-B1 |
| Displacement | 14,200 long tons (14,428 t) full load |
| Length | 459 ft 2 in (139.95 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m) |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 425 |
| Armament |
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USS Rolette (AKA-99) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship named after a county in North Dakota.
Attack cargo ship Rolette was laid down on 2 December 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, NJ, for the Maritime Commission; launched on 11 March 1945, sponsored by Mrs. William U. Kirsch, acquired by the Navy on loan-charter on 26 April 1945, and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 27 April 1945.