USS Audubon

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History
United States
NameUSS Audubon
NamesakeAudubon County, Iowa
Ordered
  • as type VC2-S-AP5
  • MCV hull 814
Laid down21 October 1944
Launched3 December 1944
Acquired19 December 1944
Commissioned20 December 1944
Decommissioned19 February 1946
Stricken1946
FateScrapped, 9 April 1973
General characteristics
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
Armament
  • one
    gun mount
    ,
  • twelve
    40 mm
    gun mounts,
  • ten 20 mm gun mounts

USS Audubon (APA-149) was a

Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy
from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1973.

History

Audubon (MCV hull 814) was laid down on 21 October 1944 by the Kaiser Shipyards Co., Inc., Vancouver, Washington; launched on 3 December 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Fons Hughes; acquired by the Navy on 19 December 1944; designated APA-149; and commissioned on 20 December 1944.

World War II

Following shakedown at

Okinawa. She anchored off Hagushi Beach on 26 April during the Battle of Okinawa
and began discharging her passengers and cargo.

Audubon departed Okinawa on 30 April and headed for

Eniwetok, and Ulithi before reaching Leyte on 30 June. On 9 July, the ship proceeded to Guadalcanal to transport Army troops to the Philippines. Following a fuel stop at Hollandia, New Guinea, on 17 July, she arrived at Leyte on 26 July. After disembarking most of her passengers, the ship moved on to Cebu on 29 July and the remaining contingent left the ship. Audubon paused at Samar on 2 August, then got underway to return to the United States
.

At the time of the

San Pedro, California
.

Audubon sailed once again for the Philippines on 11 November. After negotiating heavy seas, the attack transport arrived at Manila on 1 December. Thirty-six hours later, she sailed with almost 2,000 passengers embarked and reached San Francisco on 20 December.

Audubon began 1946 making preparations for a trip to Yokosuka, Japan. However, just before she was due to leave, her orders were cancelled; and she sailed on 11 January for the east coast of the United States. She transited the Panama Canal on 20 January and reached Norfolk, Virginia, on 27 January 1946.

Decommissioning and fate

The ship was decommissioned on 19 February 1946, returned to the

James River, Virginia. She was sold on 9 April 1973 to the Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation, of New York City
, and scrapped.

Awards

Audubon earned one

service

Citations and campaign ribbons

American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal[1]

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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