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LPA-248 USS Paul Revere Mid-Pacific (MIDPAC) Cruise 1978-1979
Class & type: Paul Revere-class attack transport 
Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey; 
Laid down: 15 May 1952 
Launched: 11 Apr 1953, as SS Diamond Mariner 
Acquired: by the USN, 14 Sep 1956 
Commissioned: 9 Oct 1958 
Decommissioned: 1 Jan 1980 
Renamed: Paul Revere, 4 Jun 1957 
Reclassified: APA-248, 4 Jun 1957
 LPA-248, 1 Jan 1969 
Struck: 1 Jan 1980 
Fate: Sold to Spain, 17 January 1980

LPA-248 USS Paul Revere Mid-Pacific (MIDPAC) Cruise 1978-1979

Class & type: Paul Revere-class attack transport
Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey;
Laid down: 15 May 1952
Launched: 11 Apr 1953, as SS Diamond Mariner
Acquired: by the USN, 14 Sep 1956
Commissioned: 9 Oct 1958
Decommissioned: 1 Jan 1980
Renamed: Paul Revere, 4 Jun 1957
Reclassified: APA-248, 4 Jun 1957
LPA-248, 1 Jan 1969
Struck: 1 Jan 1980
Fate: Sold to Spain, 17 January 1980

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