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|align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:USSZenobia.jpg|300px]] ''Artemis''-class AKA, similar to USS ''Sidonia ''<br/>
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!colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| History 
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| [[Ship ceremonies|Laid down]]:
| 1 February 1945
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| [[Ship ceremonies|Launched]]:
| 7 April 1945
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| [[Ship ceremonies|Commissioned]]:
| 30 April 1945
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| [[Ship ceremonies|Decommissioned]]:
| 25 February 1946
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| [[Naval Vessel Register|Struck]]:
| 17 April 1946
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| Fate:
| Unknown
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!colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General Characteristics
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|Builder:
| [[Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc.]]
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|Hull type:
| S4-SE2-BE1
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|[[Ship measurements|Displacement]]:
| 4,087&nbsp;tons light, 7,080&nbsp;tons loaded
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|[[Ship measurements|Length]]:
| 426&nbsp;ft (129.8&nbsp;m)
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|[[Ship measurements|Beam]]:
| 58&nbsp;ft (17.7&nbsp;m)
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|[[Ship measurements|Draft]]:
| 16&nbsp;ft (4.9&nbsp;m)
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|[[Ship propulsion|Propulsion]]:
| Steam turbo-electric drive; two boilers, two propellers, <br/>6,000&nbsp;[[Ship measurements|shp]] (4.5&nbsp;MW)
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|Speed:
| 16.9&nbsp;[[knot (speed)|knots]] (31.3&nbsp;km/h)
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|[[Ship measurements|Complement]]:
| 321 (20 officers, 301 men), plus 255 embarked troops
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|Armament:
| 1 × [[5" /38 caliber gun|5"/38 caliber DP gun]], <br/> 4 × [[40mm/56 caliber gun|twin 40&nbsp;mm AA guns]], <br/>16 × [[20mm Oerlikon (autocannon)|20&nbsp;mm AA guns]]
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|Boats:
| 14 [[LCVP]], <br/>8 [[LCM]]
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'''USS ''Sidonia'' (AKA-42)''' was an ''Artemis'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after the minor planet ''[[579 Sidonia]],'' which in turn was named for a character in the opera ''[[Armide (Gluck)|Armide]]'', by [[Christoph Willibald Gluck]]. She served as a commissioned ship for 9 months.