USS Alpine

History
United States
Namesake	Alpine County, California
Builder	Western Pipe & Steel
Laid down	12 April 1943
Launched	10 July 1943
Christened	Sea Arrow
Commissioned	22 April 1944
Decommissioned	5 April 1946
Renamed	USS Alpine, India Mail, Transwestern, Buckeye Pacific, Empire Pacific.
Stricken	1 May 1946
Honours and awards	Five battle stars for service in World War II.
Fate	Scrapped October 1971
Notes	WPS Hull No. 93. MC Hull No. 281. Type C3-S-A2. Sponsor Mrs. Helen Marsh. Delivered 30 September 1943.
General characteristics
Class and type	Bayfield-class attack transport
Displacement	8,100 tons, 16,100 tons fully loaded
Length	492 ft (150 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draught	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Propulsion	Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 x Combustion Engineering D-type boilers, single propeller, designed shaft horsepower 8,500
Speed	18 knots
Boats & landing craft carried	12 x LCVP, 4 x LCM (Mk-6), 3 x LCP(L) (MK-IV)
Capacity	4,500 tons (180,500 cu. ft).
Complement	51 officers, 524 enlisted. Troop capacity 80 officers, 1,146 enlisted
Armament	2 × single 5 inch/38 cal. dual purpose gun mounts, one fore and one aft. 4 × twin 40mm AA gun mounts forward, port and starboard. 2 × single 40 mm AA gun mounts. 18 × single 20mm AA gun mounts.

USS Alpine (APA-92) was a Bayfield-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946.She was sold into commercial service in 1947 and was scrapped in 1971.