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had made satisfactory progress in the unloading and then was ordered to move closer inshore. She anchored for the night close to the beach and completed unloading the remainder of her cargo before standing out to sea at 00:15 on the morning of 3 April. However, instead of being ordered from the area,
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lagoon from the end of June through mid-July. Underway on 17 July, the attack transport proceeded to Guam, where she arrived three days later. There, she witnessed part of the intensive preinvasion shelling by the gunfire support ships in the task force under Rear
Admiral R. L. Conolly. Carrier-based
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s embarked marines headed for shore in the first wave of the invasion. The attack transport completed her unloading of equipment on the morning of the 23rd. During her stay, she received 177 wounded troops from the beaches, and her medical department rendered sterling work in the care and treatment
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had landed her troops and equipment had been "... lightly defended at best ...", facilitating a rapid unloading. The operation was not without cost to the ship, however, as a
Japanese gun scored a direct hit on one of the ship's LCVP landing craft, killing some of the Army personnel embarked and
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unloaded her troops and cargo and got underway to return to Leyte at 18:17 that evening. By 21:00 on the 30th, the attack transport was back off Taytay Point. There was little rest for the ship, however, for she soon received orders directing her to
Guadalcanal, as part of Transport Squadron 12
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disembarked her troops in her fifth assault landing and remained in the transport area offshore until the evening of 10 January. Air activity was heavier than the ship had encountered in any previous operation. The
Japanese often attacked at dawn and at dusk, frequently utilizing single planes.
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On the night of 20 September, she was ordered to move close inshore to serve as casualty evacuation ship, 1,000 yards off the reef. As the attack transport closed the island, enemy artillery opened up, lobbing two shells over the ship. Later during the night, machine gun fire from
Japanese guns
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s gunners did not and the raider splashed into the sea. Later that day, more enemy aircraft appeared in the vicinity, prompting the ships to go to general quarters, but did not come close enough to draw fire. By the time the word came to secure from general quarters, the convoy was in approach
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remained on station about 250 miles east of Guam, while the action was taking place some 500 miles to the west of the island. On 25 June, her troops as yet unused, the attack transport – part of Task Group 53 (TG 53) – was ordered to retire to the
Marshalls to await further
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s troops were among those who landed that morning. They were later followed by boatloads of high-priority cargo: ammunition and medical supplies. By 11:00, three and one-half hours after the initial waves waded ashore, the first of the casualties began to arrive back on the ship for medical
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later shifted to Mobile and thence moved to her building site at the Gulf
Shipbuilding Corporation where she was decommissioned on 16 March 1946. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 17 April 1946, and, on 1 August of the same year, she was transferred to the
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carried out practice landings in preparation for the next operation, the assault on the Palau
Islands. On 26 August, the attack transport sailed with TG 32.3 and devoted the ensuing days of the voyage to drills and briefings for the upcoming landings.
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weighed anchor on 9 April and headed for the
Marianas. She anchored in Saipan harbor on the 13th before she shifted to the Marshalls, arriving at Eniwetok on the 18th. From there, the attack transport steamed on to Hawaii, arriving at Pier 8,
1206:, receiving on board an advance detail of the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry, 32nd Division – the same battalion that she had brought to Leyte almost three months before. Almost nightly air raid alerts enlivened the ship's ensuing stay at
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treatment, evidence of the intense and bloody struggle going on ashore. Japanese guns swept the beaches and waters offshore with deadly accuracy. Casualties among the marines and boat crews were high. In the days that followed,
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that morning, a solitary "Jill", carrying a torpedo, attacked the convoy to which she was attached. At 17:00, the enemy aircraft appeared forward of the convoy, briefly took a parallel course to it, and then when aft of
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since the previous
December. At the time the attack transport arrived there, Allied troops had established a line about halfway across the island toward Rabaul and were awaiting more aid before continuing the push.
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fed the crew of that ship and provided her with power. Red alerts and air raids continued almost without letup; "more than once enemy planes were observed making suicide attacks on other ships in the vicinity."
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Her troops went ashore on D-Day – Easter Morning, 1 April 1945 – on a small beach dominated by high ground and protected by a reef. The actual landing, gratifyingly, seemed "puzzlingly easy" to observers in
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departed the transport area on the 10th and, upon receipt of an enemy plane alert at 1905, went to general quarters. At 19:14, a single enemy aircraft under fire from the ships in column on both flanks of
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s bow at 200 yards. The attack transport's port batteries now commenced firing, scoring hits. Flames burst from the fuselage, and the "Zeke" executed a fatal wingover and spun out of control into the sea.
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forward 5-inch gun managed to get off one round to include in the scattered gunfire. Apparently the antiaircraft barrage sufficed to force the enemy to stay out of range. Attracted by the firing, American
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and her consorts headed seaward in night retirement disposition. Red alerts, however, continued throughout the night—alerts that had resulted in the ship's being called repeatedly to general quarters.
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s lookouts observed three "Zeke" fighters forward of the ship at a range of 7,000 yards. The planes maneuvered back and forth, closing the range steadily and drawing fire from the ships of the convoy.
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disembarked marine replacements for the garrison there on 11 April. That same day, she stood out of Emirau harbor on a return run to Guadalcanal with the 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Division, embarked.
1105:, from the standpoint of the transports involved, was the long and difficult journey which the ships were forced to make through enemy waters between Leyte and Luzon." The convoy passed through the
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had opened fire on a low flying twin-engined "Dinah" but scored no hits. Later that day, at 18:35, a twin-engined "Frances" flew over the transport area dropping a stick of bombs that fell near
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then began a complicated cargo and man-handling task. While troops and equipment of the 213th Field Artillery Battalion were being disembarked and unloaded on one side of the ship, men of the
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at sea, steaming to the western Pacific. She made a fuel stop at Eniwetok on 26 August and reached Guam shortly thereafter where she unloaded her cargo and disembarked her passengers.
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unloaded her cargo and disembarked her troops and, by 16:30 on the 14th, was ready for sea, her boats hoisted on board and secured. Departing that day, the attack transport moved to
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and the other ships of the invasion force set sail for Okinawa itself. "All hands anticipated that the attack on Okinawa would be a difficult and dangerous undertaking", wrote
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participated in staging operations, including loading troops of the 2d Battalion, 19th Infantry, 24th Division, USA, and their equipment on the 8th and a practice landing at
22:
459:, on 1 February 1943; acquired by the Navy on 30 April 1943; delivered to the Navy the following day, 1 May 1943, and simultaneously placed in commission "in ordinary."
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first and later at Mindoro. The attack transport departed the Philippines in late October, stopped at Guam for fuel on the 21st and arrived at San Diego on 6 November.
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Loading cargo on the 17th, the attack transport had fueled on Christmas Eve and, on the 26th, took the main body of troops – from the 3d Battalion, 172d Infantry,
640:. After retiring to the open sea at night, the attack transport returned to the transport area the next morning, lowered her boats, and commenced unloading cargo.
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Departing Dutch New Guinean waters on 9 November, the attack transport arrived off Leyte on the 13th. While no enemy planes made an appearance close to
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stood by for two additional days after finishing her unloading before departing the Marianas on the 25th and carrying 165 wounded fighting men to
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on 29 April and reached San Francisco on 6 May. After disembarking casualties and survivors from the Okinawa crucible there, she sailed north to
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1288:. There, a number of the marines and sailors embarked at Tulagi were transferred to tank landing ships (LSTs). On the afternoon of 27 March,
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As the ship's commanding officer later recounted, the landings on Leyte were "accomplished with surprising ease." The beach upon which
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embarked men of the 3d Battalion, 6th Marines, at Saipan and, on 18 September, got underway for Japan. She disembarked the marines at
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1 × General Electric geared drive turbine, 2 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 1 propeller, designed shaft horsepower 6,000
1497:. The ship was then transferred to Waterman Airlines, Inc. 5 May 1949 and then to Pan Atlantic Steamship Corporation in May 1954.
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and to receive on board casualties from other ships that had been sunk or damaged during the nearly incessant Japanese air raids.
1244:, meanwhile, continued onward with the rest of the convoy and reached Lingayen Gulf with her embarked reinforcements on the 27th.
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On 9 January, Army forces landed at Lingayen Gulf under cover of gunfire from ships offshore and carrier based aircraft overhead.
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on the 20th, the first day of the invasion. An enemy plane, a twin-engined "Nick", passed by the ship and was taken under fire by
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remained at Kerama Retto from 5 to 9 April, spending much of that time moored alongside the battle-battered attack transport
1140:. The danger of heavy antiaircraft fire laid down in the vicinity of "friendly" ships was amply demonstrated when two men in
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sailed for the Marianas with naval and marine passengers – replacements bound for the forward areas of the Pacific theater.
455:, on 26 October 1942; launched on 6 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. N. G. Nicolson; reclassified an attack transport,
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soon showed up and downed two of the "Zekes." The third "Zeke", however, returned to the area, going into a strafing dive.
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The attack transport remained at anchor in the New Hebrides until 14 August, when she shifted to Guadalcanal, en route to
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began embarking men of the 213th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and on the 20th stood out to relieve the
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was sold to Litton Industries Leasing Corporation and again, on 28 February 1975, to the Reynolds Leasing Corporation.
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to move back into formation astern. The following morning, she transferred two medical officers and eight corpsmen to
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1304:. Her embarked troops went ashore against slight resistance. During the day, unloading progressed until 17:45, when
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spent a bit over a month fueling, provisioning, loading cargo, and carrying out the inevitable training exercises.
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kept up a steady pace of discharging cargo and receiving casualties during the day and retiring seaward at night.
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fire from other ships in the vicinity, as well as enemy planes attacking ships close to the beaches. By evening,
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campaign – and, from the 9th to the 12th, participated in staging and rehearsal operations. On the latter day,
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got underway for Humboldt Bay – but only to return to Leyte with troops of the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry,
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1540:(Confusing even to MARAD database builders as status card is for O/N 244018 and number in header is for the
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and San Diego, she cleared the latter port on 26 January 1946 and transited the Panama Canal on 6 February.
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1378:, on the morning of 27 April. Proceeding independently from Hawaii to the west coast of the United States,
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was converted for naval service. Decommissioned on 11 May 1943 for the duration of the conversion work,
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starboard guns opened fire and tracers began striking the plane. The "Zeke" changed course, crossing
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was sold back to Waterman Steamship Corporation in April 1956 and then, in March 1958, sold to the
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harbor on the 11th. Assigned to carry the 2d Battalion, 22d Marines, of the 6th Marine Division,
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On 4 June, the attack transport stood out for Kwajalein – the staging area for the forthcoming
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On the morning of 15 September, marines of the 1st Marine Division moved ashore at Peleliu.
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operated out of San Diego on training exercises with various battalion landing teams of the
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was completed 11 November 1943 and was operated by Waterman Steamship Company for the
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contract (MC hull 476), yard hull 7 (U.S. Official Number 251508) on 20 April 1942 as
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s 5-inch battery for a brief time before it dove steeply over friendly ships astern.
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As the ship's commanding officer later recalled, "the most memorable feature of the
517:. Upon finishing loading at New York, she put to sea on 13 October and, escorted by
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departed Leyte; en route back to Luzon, her convoy came under attack by Japanese
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Early on the morning of 15 March, TransRon 12 got underway, bound, via the
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1505:-based Beauregard, Inc. and converted to a van ship. On 16 November 1964
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discharged her disabled passengers and stood by to await further orders.
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steamed offshore for several days after the initial assault. During the
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on 23 September and then proceeded to the Philippines, touching at
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On the morning of the 13th, the attack transport got underway for
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were detached from the homeward-bound convoy on the 17th, near
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departed British New Guinea the following day, as part of the
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position, banked to starboard and began a low-altitude run on
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was scrapped after sale to Lien Hung Steel Enterprise Co. at
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539:, headed for the Pacific. The attack transport transited the
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World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
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482:(APA-54) was recommissioned at Baltimore on 27 August 1943.
1086:– on board. After landing exercises at Aitape on the 27th,
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s crew were wounded by fragments from "friendly" gunfire.
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retired from the Palaus on 21 September and proceeded to
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air attacks also assisted in the "softening up" process.
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that had been damaged by a suicide plane on 31 March.
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beach, eight miles east of Humboldt Bay, on the 12th.
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got underway for the Marianas. Her embarked Marines –
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was originally laid down as a type C2-S-E1 ship under
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west of the islands of Panay and Mindoro on the 6th.
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where American forces had been fighting to push back
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on 30 January as part of the northern landing force,
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Loaded with empty brass, survivors, and casualties,
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at the end of the month. For the remainder of 1943,
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List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships
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1343:before she moved into Kerama Retto to take on more
1252:(TransRon 12). Departing Leyte on 2 February,
1315:returned to the transport area and observed heavy
820:, which took place between the 19th and the 21st,
2083:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
1155:, crashed into the port side of attack transport
1179:held her course and speed in column, prompting
957:, all cargo and troops had been unloaded, and
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1429:Between 21 November 1945 and 7 January 1946,
1284:arrived at Ulithi, the staging point for the
808:landed Marines under the command of Lt. Gen.
721:performed a similar reinforcement mission to
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1601:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
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877:was encamped. From the 17th to the 26th,
2041:Ship History Database Vessel Status Card
1595:This article incorporates text from the
1394:departed Astoria on the 27th, bound for
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1410:The end of the war in mid-August found
1175:sheared out of the column to port; but
950:slightly wounding the boat's coxswain.
570:embarked and steamed in convoy for the
1163:, the column leader directly ahead of
1070:remained at anchor through Christmas.
741:on New Britain, arriving on 23 April.
17:
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1556:as a troop ship until 26 March 1946.
873:, in the Russell Islands, where the
543:on 21 and 22 October and arrived at
1058:departed on 30 November, bound for
632:which then carried them inside the
594:and took on stores from store ship
335:Troops: Officers 93, Enlisted 1,340
1493:, on 24 February 1947 and renamed
1187:to treat casualties caused by the
1113:on 5 January 1945 and entered the
14:
2073:Ships built in Chickasaw, Alabama
1328:was directed instead to put into
647:left the Marshalls and put in at
562:got underway with marines of the
2012:Colton, Tim (8 September 2014).
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1194:On the afternoon of 15 January,
1066:. Arriving there on 1 December,
643:On the afternoon of 1 February,
338:Cargo: 170,000 cu ft, 1,300 tons
211:AP-99 to APA-54, 1 February 1943
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1171:was rapidly shrouded in smoke.
451:and classified as a transport,
396:Hull No. 476, hull type C2-S-E1
2068:Sumter-class attack transports
1487:Waterman Steamship Corporation
1485:The ship was purchased by the
1477:for her World War II service.
934:, and arrived off the town of
501:. After shakedown training in
1:
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1236:in the steaming disposition.
1167:. An explosion followed, and
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655:, on the 9th. Fueling there,
445:Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation
910:. Between 1 and 12 October,
818:Battle of the Philippine Sea
793:– were earmarked to land at
691:trained with marines in the
117:Wayne County, North Carolina
1554:War Shipping Administration
1460:War Shipping Administration
1038:Within the space of a day,
996:disposition in Leyte Gulf.
683:and her consort shifted to
628:transferred her marines to
464:Bethlehem Steel Corporation
142:Wayne County, West Virginia
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991:. The torpedo missed, but
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564:3rd Battalion (Reinforced)
127:Wayne County, Pennsylvania
2035:Maritime Administration.
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348:Officers 57, Enlisted 478
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97:Wayne County, Mississippi
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2014:"Chickasaw Shipbuilding"
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1473:(APA-54) received seven
1094:Attack Group, bound for
765:trained at Guadalcanal.
513:on 4 October, bound for
247:for World War II service
447:. The ship was renamed
362:dual-purpose gun mounts
360:5 in (130 mm)
260:General characteristics
132:Wayne County, Tennessee
1435:Operation Magic Carpet
1129:Friendly fire incident
1004:At 07:35 on the 14th,
963:32nd Infantry Division
836:remained at anchor in
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107:Wayne County, Nebraska
102:Wayne County, Missouri
92:Wayne County, Michigan
87:Wayne County, Kentucky
72:Wayne County, Illinois
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844:At 08:28 on 21 July,
659:and attack transport
610:Invasion of Kwajalein
423:during World War II.
419:that served with the
306:23 ft 3 in (limiting)
77:Wayne County, Indiana
67:Wayne County, Georgia
1503:Wilmington, Delaware
709:St. Matthias Islands
695:before she moved to
558:On 13 January 1944,
545:Naval Base San Diego
374:1.1"/75 caliber guns
1286:invasion of Okinawa
1268:Invasion of Okinawa
1202:, and anchored off
875:1st Marine Division
865:Invasion of Peleliu
791:3rd Marine Division
739:1st Marine Division
679:. Nine days later,
616:Battle of Kwajalein
584:Territory of Hawaii
553:4th Marine Division
431:Maritime Commission
179:Mrs. N. G. Nicolson
1762:Type C2-S-E1 ships
1585:, Navsource Online
1481:Commercial service
1084:United States Army
1064:British New Guinea
806:Richmond K. Turner
769:Invasion of Saipan
675:, and anchored in
441:Chickasaw, Alabama
255:Scrapped, May 1977
137:Wayne County, Utah
122:Wayne County, Ohio
82:Wayne County, Iowa
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1538:(U.S. O/N 244018)
1515:Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1406:After hostilities
1232:, just astern of
1223:dock landing ship
1074:Invasion of Luzon
922:Invasion of Leyte
898:passed overhead.
797:if not needed at
574:. She arrived at
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810:Holland M. Smith
604:Marshall Islands
572:Hawaiian Islands
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468:Key Highway Yard
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208:Reclassified
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2037:"AFOUNDRIA"
1813:Azalea City
1466:Decorations
1451:New Orleans
1256:arrived at
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932:Philippines
723:New Britain
685:Guadalcanal
290:468 ft 8 in
238:Honours and
2078:1942 ships
2062:Categories
1564:References
1511:Beauregard
1507:Beauregard
1499:Beauregard
1495:Beauregard
1276:, for the
1092:San Fabian
908:New Guinea
383:gun mounts
369:gun mounts
345:Complement
311:Propulsion
228:IMO number
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2020:1 October
1970:Topa Topa
1962:Topa Topa
1894:Iberville
1886:Iberville
1878:Iberville
1820:Bienville
1782:Afoundria
1774:Afoundria
1550:Afoundria
1536:Afoundria
1521:Footnotes
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1382:departed
1355:USS
1337:USS
1274:Carolines
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1855:Fairport
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1841:Fairisle
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1797:Antinous
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1376:Honolulu
1357:Hinsdale
1238:Shadwell
1228:Shadwell
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987:Catskill
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838:Eniwetok
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759:Russells
693:Solomons
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598:Pastores
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535:Canfield
515:New York
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353:Armament
330:Capacity
216:Stricken
184:Acquired
168:Launched
61:Namesake
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1985:Warrior
1978:Wacosta
1932:Madaket
1834:De Soto
1705:Windsor
1580:APA-54
1439:Seattle
1278:Ryūkyūs
1219:torpedo
636:to the
421:US Navy
271:-class
232:5003966
230::
150:Builder
30:History
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1904:(1942)
1888:(1943)
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1799:(1943)
1776:(1942)
1696:Ormsby
1680:Baxter
1666:Warren
1659:Sumter
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1294:Wayne'
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634:lagoon
457:APA-54
414:-class
412:Sumter
409:was a
287:Length
269:Sumter
243:Seven
240:awards
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1048:Manus
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1025:Wayne
1018:P-38s
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970:Wayne
959:Wayne
955:D-Day
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681:Wayne
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560:Wayne
549:Wayne
524:Doran
507:Wayne
491:Wayne
480:Wayne
476:Wayne
453:AP-99
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427:Wayne
405:Wayne
390:Notes
381:20 mm
367:40 mm
324:knots
322:16.5
319:Speed
303:Draft
298:63 ft
54:Wayne
2049:2021
2022:2021
1992:Yaka
1606:here
1570:USS
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795:Guam
630:LSTs
580:Maui
528:and
403:USS
358:2 ×
295:Beam
252:Fate
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