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USS Meriwether

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Discharging the casualties there on the 18th, she continued on to Pearl Harbor and San Francisco where she embarked Navy support personnel and got underway to return to Okinawa 6 June. She arrived 24 July, discharged her passengers and cargo, but due to air raid alerts and a typhoon, did not depart
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On 19 February, the attack transport began loading troops and equipment of the 10th Army and, on the 22d, sailed westward. Steaming via
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area. Landing them there on the 30th, she sailed for Saipan where she again loaded occupation forces, this time for
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on the 14th, she received word of the Japanese surrender and began loading cargo and troops of the
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was struck from the Navy Vessel Register along with at least 20 of her
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attacks, one of which she helped splash on the 3rd, she departed for
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class sister ships on 1 October 1959, and transferred to the
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World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
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was detached from occupation support duties and assigned to
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She was later scrapped. 450:for the initial occupation of the 14: 297:dual-purpose gun mount, 1 x quad 1534: 601: 539: 41: 19: 1617:Haskell-class attack transports 490:National Defense Reserve Fleet 349:was laid down 27 July 1944 by 1: 1658: 1622:Meriwether County, Georgia 511:for World War II service. 339:that saw service with the 277:86 Officers 1,475 Enlisted 193:6,873 t.(lt) 14,837 t.(fl) 72:Meriwether County, Georgia 1591: 1565: 285:56 Officers, 480 enlisted 168: 34: 18: 593:-class attack transports 156:for World War II service 486:Maritime Administration 430:15 April with wounded. 169:General characteristics 467:Operation Magic Carpet 231:Combustion Engineering 492:, she was berthed at 355:Vancouver, Washington 386:8 January 1945 with 253:Boats & landing 229:geared turbine, 2 x 488:. As a unit of the 448:6th Marine Division 402:Invasion of Okinawa 361:Operational history 351:Kaiser Shipbuilding 316:hull type VC2-S-AP5 82:Kaiser Shipbuilding 715:Marvin H. 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Index


United States
Meriwether County, Georgia
Kaiser Shipbuilding
MCV
battle star
Haskell-class
attack transport
Allis-Chalmers
Combustion Engineering
horsepower
knots
LCM
LCVP
LCPU
5"/38 caliber
40mm gun
20mm
MARCOM
Haskell-class
attack transport
US Army
Kaiser Shipbuilding
Vancouver, Washington
amphibious
California
San Diego
Marine Corps
Hawaii
Okinawa

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