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USS McCracken

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early 1 April and debarked assault troops shortly after sunrise. During the day she off loaded cargo despite enemy air attacks. She remained off Okinawa until 6 April, but heavy weather prevented her from discharging troops and cargo.
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sailed for the U.S. west coast 17 July, arriving San Francisco the 30th. She loaded dry provisions there; embarked more than 1,400 Army troops at
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and debarked her remaining troops. Departing 11 April, she arrived Pearl Harbor the 22d. On 5 May she sailed to
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12 September to debark troops. A week later she began embarking troops of the
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27 December. Arriving there 2 January 1945, she departed for the South
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52, she departed Guadalcanal 15 March and steamed for the invasion of
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2 January 1946, boarded veteran troops, sailed 6 January and arrived
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13 November and reached San Pedro 1 December. Sailing for a second “
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arrived San Francisco 10 March, began inactivation overhaul at
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for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas.
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1 October 1958. Into 1969 she remained berthed with the
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1608: 1534: 692: 675: 434:9 July, and from 10 to 16 July transported them to 341:10 January. Carrying troops and cargo, she reached 555:5 September 1958, her name was struck from the 650: 373:Landing troops and their equipment on Okinawa 8: 611:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships 532:End-of-war decommissioning and inactivation 28:at anchor in San Francisco Bay, circa 1946. 689: 657: 643: 635: 398:Disembarking troops on Saipan and Okinawa 605:This article incorporates text from the 442:Landing troops in the Philippine Islands 15: 154:455 ft 0 in (138.68 m) 38: 7: 1708:Ships built in Vancouver, Washington 453:; and departed 16 August, arriving 162:62 ft 0 in (18.90 m) 170:28 ft 1 in (8.56 m) 14: 543:, 2 April, and decommissioned at 465:, and on 1 October she sailed in 1610: 677: 598: 547:, 10 October 1946, entering the 40: 19: 1698:Haskell-class attack transports 567:. In 1975 she was scrapped in 561:National Defense Reserve Fleet 469:to carry occupation troops to 1: 418:and Army Engineers, arriving 1729: 1703:McCracken County, Kentucky 575:Military awards and honors 207:150,000 cu. ft, 2,900 tons 68:McCracken County, Kentucky 1667: 1641: 412:San Francisco, California 137: 33: 18: 669:-class attack transports 215:56 Officers 480 Enlisted 553:Maritime Administration 541:Mare Island, California 526:Los Angeles, California 508:, she departed for the 402:Between 6 and 10 April 389:closed the beaches off 321:and training along the 227:5 in (130 mm) 138:General characteristics 565:Suisun Bay, California 516:” cruise 12 December, 514:Operation Magic Carpet 459:25th Infantry Division 549:Pacific Reserve Fleet 477:End-of-war operations 451:San Pedro, California 331:San Pedro, California 308:Vancouver, Washington 294:) was laid down as a 545:Stockton, California 283:World War II service 183:Boats & landing 428:6th Marine Division 329:embarked troops at 314:, 21 October 1944. 304:Kaiser Shipbuilding 300:Maritime Commission 791:Marvin H. McIntyre 685:United States Navy 377:After touching at 146:14,833 (full load) 1680: 1679: 1648:Frederick Funston 1604: 1603: 1541:APA-181 — APA-186 333:, and sailed for 252: 251: 93:29 September 1944 77:as type VC2-S-AP5 1720: 1616: 1614: 1613: 690: 683: 681: 680: 659: 652: 645: 636: 602: 601: 569:Portland, Oregon 383:Caroline Islands 271:acquired by the 269:attack transport 48: 45: 44: 43: 23: 16: 1728: 1727: 1723: 1722: 1721: 1719: 1718: 1717: 1683: 1682: 1681: 1676: 1663: 1637: 1611: 1609: 1600: 1530: 678: 676: 671: 663: 621: 599: 596: 577: 534: 479: 444: 400: 375: 351:Russell Islands 323:U.S. West Coast 312:Astoria, Oregon 285: 184: 117:10 October 1946 109:21 October 1944 101:21 October 1944 46: 41: 39: 29: 12: 11: 5: 1726: 1724: 1716: 1715: 1710: 1705: 1700: 1695: 1685: 1684: 1678: 1677: 1675: 1674: 1668: 1665: 1664: 1662: 1661: 1652: 1642: 1639: 1638: 1636: 1635: 1622: 1620: 1606: 1605: 1602: 1601: 1599: 1598: 1591: 1584: 1577: 1570: 1563: 1556: 1549: 1542: 1538: 1536: 1532: 1531: 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Index


McCracken County, Kentucky
LCM
LCVP
LCPU
5 in (130 mm)
gun mount
40 mm
20 mm
Haskell-class
attack transport
U.S. Navy
World War II
Victory ships
Maritime Commission
Kaiser Shipbuilding
Vancouver, Washington
Astoria, Oregon
shakedown
U.S. West Coast
San Pedro, California
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Ocean
Noumea
New Caledonia
Russell Islands
Guadalcanal
Solomons
TransDiv
Okinawa

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