Military


AP-7 Wharton Class

Hull No. Ship Name Prior Commercial Name Launched Commission Status
AP 7 WHARTON Southern Cross   12/7/1940 Liner acquired by USN, 8 Nov 1939; converted to transport. Stricken 4 Apr 1947.
AP 8 HARRIS Pine Tree State
President Grant
  8/19/1940 Passenger ship acquired by USN, 17 July 1940; converted to troopship. Sold for scrap, 20 July 1948.
AP 9
APA-3
ZEILIN Silver State
President Jackson
  1/3/1942 Liner acquired by USN, July 1940; commissioned as transport. Sold for scrap, 4 May 1948.
AP 25
APA-12
LEONARD WOOD Nutmeg State
Western World
  2/1/1943 Merchant acquired by USN, 3 June 1941; converted to transport. Redesignated attack transport (APA) 1 Feb 1943. Sold for scrap, 20 Jan 1948.
AP 26
APA-13
JOSEPH T DICKMAN Peninsula State
President Pierce
President Roosevelt
  6/10/1941 Liner acquired by USN, 27 May 1941; commissioned as transport. Redesignated attack transport (APA) 1 Feb 1943. Returned to MarAd, Mar 1946 and scrapped in 1948.
AP 27
APA-14
HUNTER LIGGETT Pan America   6/9/1941 Passenger ship PAN AMERICA acquired by US Army, Feb 1939; renamed. Acquired by USN, 27 May 1941; commissioned as transport (AP-27); redesignated attack transport (APA-14) on 1 Feb 1943. Sold for scrap, 30 Jan 1948.
AP 30 HENRY T ALLEN Wenatchee
President Jefferson
  4/22/1942 Liner acquired by Army, Oct 1940; used as transport. Acquired by USN, 6 Dec 1941. Redesignated attack transport (APA), 1 Feb 1943. Scrapped Mar 1948.
AP 34
APA-16
J FRANKLIN BELL Keystone State
President McKinley
  4/2/1942 Army transport acquired by USN, 26 Dec 1941; commissioned as transport. Redesignated attack transport (APA) 1 Feb 1943. Sold for scrap, Apr 1948.
AP 35
APA-17
AMERICAN LEGION American Legion   8/26/1941 Army transport acquired by USN, 26 Aug 1941; commissioned as transport. Redesignated attack transport (APA) 1 Feb 1943. Returned to US Army, 20 Mar 1946.
AP 42 TASKER H BLISS President Cleveland   9/15/1942 Liner acquired by USN, 19 Aug 1942; commissioned as transport. Torpedoed and sunk by German U-130 off Fedhala, Morocco on 12 Nov 1942.
AP 43 HUGH L SCOTT Hawkeye State
President Pierce
  9/7/1942 Liner acquired by USN, 14 Aug 1942; commissioned as transport. Torpedoed and sunk by German U-130 off Fedhala, Morocco on 12 Nov 1942.
AP 44 WILLARD A HOLBROOK BUCKEYE STATE
President Taft
    Transferred to US Army; never commissioned.
President LincolnCommercial service only; never commissioned.
*President MadisonCommercial service only; never commissioned.
President TaftCommercial service only; never commissioned.
President WilsonCommercial service only; never commissioned.
Golden StateCommercial service only; never commissioned.



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