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In the Mediterranean
Theater, Seabees* converted LST-906 into a makeshift aircraft carrier
sporting a custom-built mesh airstrip above deck. She was the base for
8 USAAF L-4B Grasshoppers flown as artillery spotters for the U.S. 3rd
Infantry Division during the Invasion of southern France in September
1944. Six LSTs were so converted. |
USS
Princeton Specifications |
| General |
Type:
ex-LST-542-class tank landing ship, Spotters Carrier |
| Dimensions/Masses |
| Maximum displacement:
4080 t | Length: 100 m Width: 15.2 m | Draught: 4.37 m |
| Propulsion/Performances |
| Maximum speed: 10.8
knots (20.0 km/h) Range: ? Two diesel engines, two shafts |
| Armor |
| none? |
| Armament |
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