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USS San Saba

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was decommissioned and assigned to the San Francisco Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet. On 1 October 1958, she was transferred to the Maritime Commission, struck from the Navy List, and was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at
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remained at Suisun Bay. Her Final Disposition, sold, 8 May 1975, to Zidell Explorations Inc. (non-transportation use), scrapping, 8 May 1975, delivered, 19 May 1975.
1637: 574: 542: 353:; launched on 12 November 1944; acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on loan-charter basis on 3 December 1944; and commissioned the same day. 1617: 1571: 567: 474: 481:. She returned to San Diego on 4 July. On the 17th of July, she was ordered to the Mare Island Naval Shipyard at San Francisco for inactivation. 1580: 20: 327:. Commissioned in December 1944, she arrived just too late to see action, and spent the last weeks of the war on transport missions. 432:
returned to Leyte temporarily at the end of September before sailing for San Francisco on 6 October. En route, she was detoured to
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was transferred to the Navy Department; and, by the end of February, she had completed a passenger/cargo run to the
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on 5 June. She got underway on the 10th and steamed to Okinawa to embark over 900 Naval personnel for transport to
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on 14 July; and, during the two months following, carried out transport missions to
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World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
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List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships
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(fl) 1: 414:; back to the Philippines at 146:Sold for scrapping 8 May 1975 345:contract (MCV hull 678) by 1659: 257:86 Officers 1,475 Enlisted 1592: 1566: 265:56 Officers, 480 enlisted 150: 33: 18: 594:-class attack transports 498:. Through June 1974, SS 374:on 1 July 1945 for the 151:General characteristics 28:underway, circa in 1945 1623:San Saba County, Texas 496:Suisun Bay, California 319:which served with the 71:San Saba County, Texas 489:On 17 December 1946, 465:sailed on 18 May for 449:San Pedro, California 351:Vancouver, Washington 233:Boats & landing 211:Babcock & Wilcox 209:geared turbine, 2 x 526:, Navsource Online. 441:Everett, Washington 434:Seattle, Washington 357:Operational history 347:Kaiser Shipbuilding 343:Maritime Commission 106:Mrs Richard Bissell 81:Kaiser Shipbuilding 716:Marvin H. 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United States
San Saba County, Texas
Kaiser Shipbuilding
attack transport
Joshua Hendy
Babcock & Wilcox
horsepower
knots
LCM
LCVP
LCPU
5"/38 caliber
40mm gun
20mm
MCV
Haskell-class
attack transport
US Navy
World War II
county
Texas
Maritime Commission
Kaiser Shipbuilding
Vancouver, Washington
San Francisco
Marshall Islands
Eniwetok
Ulithi
Caroline Islands

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