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After the initial post-war transport assignments, she carried dependents to occupied zones and transported military personnel and equipment to ports in Japan, China and the Philippines. On 7 March 1947, she departed the West Coast for
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area. Retiring from the area, the converted liner carried casualties to Samoa, whence she began bringing in reinforcements. For six months she transported fresh troops and equipment to, and brought out wounded from, Guadalcanal.
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returned to New Zealand, underwent an abbreviated overhaul, then resumed transporting men and equipment to the Solomon Islands and training assault troops for amphibious operations, this time for the
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got underway, and, during the next five days, unloaded men and equipment, sent supplies and provisions, including hot food, to the beaches and took on casualties for evacuation to
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continued on to Nouméa, whence she carried Army personnel to Leyte, and then, for the next two months, she ferried troops from
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she stood off the beaches, unloading cargo, receiving casualties, provisioning and repairing small boats.
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air attacks. During March and April she trained assault troops in New Zealand, then transported men and
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Stripped for war service with the entry of the United States into World War II, on 7 December 1941,
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On 2 March she arrived at San Francisco, where she decommissioned 14 June 1950 and joined the
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where she took on Army infantrymen for transportation west, to the assault beaches on
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where she remained until 17 July. On the 21st, she stood off Guam as the
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from there, and from Australia, to Guadalcanal, whence she steamed with
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to the Philippines. On 17 July she got underway for the United States.
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Organized resistance on Guadalcanal ceased on 9 February 1943, but the
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landed "passengers" and cargo on 11–12 January 1945, then retired to
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thrice returned to Bougainville with reinforcements; carried Army
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raged to the west. With the postponement of the assault on
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commenced moving occupation troops to the Far East and
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Index

USS Adams
USS John Adams

lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview
President Adams (AP-38)
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.
Newport News, Virginia
battle stars
President Jackson-class
attack transport
Babcock & Wilcox
screw
knots
LCVP
LCM (3)
5"/38 caliber gun
3 in (76 mm)
20 mm guns
President Jackson-class
attack transport
United States Navy
Founding Father
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Presidents of the United States
Maritime Commission
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.
Newport News, Virginia

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