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 Lincoln | Commercial service only; never commissioned. | ||||
*President Madison | Commercial service only; never commissioned. | ||||
President Taft | Commercial service only; never commissioned. | ||||
President Wilson | Commercial service only; never commissioned. | ||||
Golden State | Commercial service only; never commissioned. |
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