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45: 23: 1389: 712: 532:, with other units of Transport Division 32, had Ready Reserve troops embarked, and after the beachhead had been secured landed her troops and embarked the 81st Army Infantry Division to stand by as a floating reserve. She then steamed to the Philippines, and from May to July moved more troops up from the southwest Pacific to the Philippines. 1439: 772: 349:
20 February 1941; acquired by the Navy 7 July 1941; designated AP–39; and commissioned 15 December 1941. The ship was redesignated an attack transport (APA-20) on 1 February 1943.
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Steaming for San Francisco and overhaul the following day, she returned to the Pacific and made runs between Espirito Santo, Guadalcanal, and Nouméa. During the
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and she was transferred to the Maritime Commission 1 October 1958. She was sold for scrap in February 1973.
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of acid, and pumping out her ballast and some oil, she was successfully re-floated on 19 May 1958.
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completed another troop lift to Guadalcanal, then carried cargo between Guadalcanal, Nouméa,
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14 September, then, with troops of the 25th Infantry Division aboard, continued on to
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29 October after unloading her troops, she witnessed the explosion of ammunition ship
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Cargo: 185,000 cu ft (5,200 m), 2,500 short tons (2,300 t)
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delayed sailing, but on 21 July she landed her troops and supplies east of
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was not hit and dispatched fire and rescue parties to the stricken ships.
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Co. 26 December 1939; launched 4 October 1940; turned over to
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assault exercises off San Diego, California. On 1 July, with
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World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
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loading more troops for deployment to the Pacific Theater.
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List of federal judges appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
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On the evening of 7 August, while under air attack,
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688:Captain William Worral, and Kevin Sinclair (1981). 1435:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States 425:landings, shooting down 7 enemy planes. In July, 1406: 583:to deliver dependents of service personnel to 519: 1093: 894: 766: 31:(APA-20) underway, date and location unknown 723:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships 1100: 1086: 773: 759: 666: 610:. She was assigned to the Stockton Group, 437:. On 30 October she embarked units of the 388: 1430:President Jackson-class attack transports 543: 1185:1876 United States presidential election 717:This article incorporates text from the 1289:Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center 1107: 1407: 1233:United States Civil Service Commission 681: 579:On 1 January 1946 she reported to the 492:After resupply runs to various bases, 343:Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock 213:491 ft 10 in (149.91 m) 1420:Ships built in Newport News, Virginia 1081: 893: 754: 150:Hull Type C3-P&C, MCV Hull No. 55 41: 257:18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) 1228:Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes 1190:1876 Republican National Convention 747:(APA-20) at NavSource Naval History 606:was decommissioned 30 June 1949 at 448: 441:at Guadalcanal for the invasion of 416: 267:Troops: 76 Officers, 1,312 Enlisted 221:69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) 13: 574: 229:26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) 14: 1451: 1329:University, Hayes and Orton Halls 1248:Baltimore railroad strike of 1877 734: 463:peacefully occupied Emirau Island 1388: 1387: 710: 421:In June she participated in the 131:AP-39 to APA-20, 1 February 1943 43: 21: 1324:Rutherford B. Hayes High School 633:Her name was stricken from the 598: 352: 1132:29th and 32nd Governor of Ohio 1124:President of the United States 591:continued to operate with the 473:. Enemy resistance during the 361:sailed for San Diego, via the 237:1 × Newport News geared drive 205:9,500 tons (lt), 16,175 t (fl) 1: 1253:Specie Payment Resumption Act 1243:Great Railroad Strike of 1877 726:. The entry can be found 659: 536:surrendered while she was at 377:embarked, she sailed for the 176:Sold for scrap, February 1973 622:. 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Index


Newport News Shipbuilding
Mrs. Cordell Hull
MCV
battle stars
World War II
President Jackson-class
attack transport
turbine
Babcock & Wilcox
boilers
3"/50 caliber
Bofors 40mm guns
20mm guns
President Jackson-class
attack transport
US Navy
World War II
Rutherford B. Hayes
MC
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
American President Lines
Panama Canal
Pearl Harbor
amphibious
U.S. Marines
Tonga Islands
assault on Guadalcanal
2nd Marine Regiment
Guadalcanal

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