Effingham was launched 29 September 1944 by Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Oregon, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. J. C. Casada; transferred to the Navy 19 July 1944; and commissioned 1 November 1944.
World War IIedit
Sailing from San Francisco, California, 2 January 1945, Effingham trained at Guadalcanal with the 1st Marines, then staged at Ulithi for the invasion landings on Okinawa 1 April. For 6 days she remained off the island, unloading her cargo and fighting off enemy air attacks. She returned to San Francisco for overhaul, then arrived back at Okinawa 12 August.
With the end of the war, she transported troops to Jinsen, Korea, and Taku, China, for the reoccupation of those countries. In October and November she embarked Chinese troops at Hong Kong for transfer to Chinwangtao and Qingdao. She returned to the U.S. west coast in December bringing home servicemen, and after a similar voyage to the Far East on "Operation Magic Carpet" duty (which also returned Mochitsura Hashimoto to Japan after he testified at the Charles B. McVay III court-martial), sailed for the U.S. East Coast.
Decommissioning and fateedit
She was decommissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, 17 May 1946, and returned to the Maritime Commission for disposal 3 days later. Effingham was sold for scrapping on 9 April 1973 to Union Minerals & Alloys for $111,560.00.
Awardsedit
Effingham received one battle star for World War II service.
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effingham, other, ships, with, same, name, effingham, haskell, class, attack, transport, service, with, united, states, navy, from, 1944, 1946, scrapped, 1973, history, united, states, nameuss, effingham, namesakeeffingham, county, georgia, effingham, county, . For other ships with the same name see USS Effingham USS Effingham APA 165 was a Haskell class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 She was scrapped in 1973 History United States NameUSS Effingham NamesakeEffingham County Georgia Effingham County Illinois Orderedas type VC2 S AP5 Launched29 September 1944 Acquired19 July 1944 Commissioned1 November 1944 Decommissioned17 May 1946 FateSold for scrapping 9 April 1973 General characteristics Class and typeHaskell class attack transport Displacement12 450 tons full load Length455 ft 0 in 138 68 m Beam62 ft 0 in 18 90 m Draught24 ft 0 in 7 32 m Speed19 knots Complement536 Armamentone 5 in 130 mm gun mount twelve 40 mm gun mounts ten 20 mm gun mounts Contents 1 History 1 1 World War II 1 2 Decommissioning and fate 2 Awards 3 References 4 External linksHistory editEffingham was launched 29 September 1944 by Oregon Shipbuilding Corp Portland Oregon under a Maritime Commission contract sponsored by Mrs J C Casada transferred to the Navy 19 July 1944 and commissioned 1 November 1944 World War II edit Sailing from San Francisco California 2 January 1945 Effingham trained at Guadalcanal with the 1st Marines then staged at Ulithi for the invasion landings on Okinawa 1 April For 6 days she remained off the island unloading her cargo and fighting off enemy air attacks She returned to San Francisco for overhaul then arrived back at Okinawa 12 August With the end of the war she transported troops to Jinsen Korea and Taku China for the reoccupation of those countries In October and November she embarked Chinese troops at Hong Kong for transfer to Chinwangtao and Qingdao She returned to the U S west coast in December bringing home servicemen and after a similar voyage to the Far East on Operation Magic Carpet duty which also returned Mochitsura Hashimoto to Japan after he testified at the Charles B McVay III court martial sailed for the U S East Coast Decommissioning and fate edit She was decommissioned at Norfolk Virginia 17 May 1946 and returned to the Maritime Commission for disposal 3 days later Effingham was sold for scrapping on 9 April 1973 to Union Minerals amp Alloys for 111 560 00 Awards editEffingham received one battle star for World War II service References editThis article incorporates text from the public domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships The entry can be found here External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Effingham APA 165 NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive USS Effingham APA 165 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USS Effingham APA 165 amp oldid 1156783466, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
