USS Goshen
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | Goshen County, Wyoming |
| Builder | Western Pipe & Steel |
| Laid down | 31 January 1944 |
| Launched | 29 June 1944 |
| Christened | Sea Hare |
| Commissioned | 13 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 20 April 1946 |
| Renamed | USS Goshen, Canada Mail, California Mail, La Fayette. |
| Honours and awards | One battle star for service in World War II. |
| Fate | Scrapped August 1973 |
| Notes | WPS Hull No. 130; Type C3-S-A2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bayfield-class attack transport |
| Displacement | 8,100 tons, 16,100 tons fully loaded |
| Length | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
| Draught | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Propulsion | General Electric geared turbine, 2 x Foster Wheeler D-type boilers, single propeller, designed shaft horsepower 8,500 |
| Speed | 18 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 12 x LCM (Mk-6), 3 x LCP(L) (MK-IV) |
| Capacity | 4,800 tons (180,500 cu. ft). |
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USS Goshen (APA-108) was a
History
Goshen, originally Sea Hare, was laid down by
Pacific War
After shakedown along the
The transport arrived off Hagushi beaches Okinawa on 17 April and immediately commenced disembarking troops and unloading cargo. Goshen completed her task 5 days later and sailed for Saipan arriving there on the 27th. After loading mail and passengers at Saipan, Russell, Florida, and New Hebrides Islands, she sailed for the United States 18 May, arriving in San Francisco 3 June.
Goshen made another cruise to the Western Pacific in July carrying troops and cargo for the final month of the war. She was at Saipan when news of the Japanese acceptance of surrender terms was received. After the war Goshen operated between the Philippines and Japan for the next 4 months as she shuttled occupation troops and cargo among the Islands.
Operation Magic Carpet
In December the transport joined the growing number of ships engaged in
on the 28th.In late January 1946 Goshen departed the
20 April and was delivered to WSA 2 May 1946.Commercial service
Goshen was sold in 1947 to
Awards
Goshen received one
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- USS Goshen (APA-108), Navsource Online
- Mawdsley, Dean L. (2002). Steel Ships and Iron Pipe: Western Pipe and Steel Company of California: The Company, The Yard, The Ships. San Francisco: Associates of the National Maritime Museum Library. p. 164. OCLC 50164828.
