USS Mifflin
Mifflin in 1945-46
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United States | |
Name | Mifflin |
Namesake | Mifflin County, Pennsylvania |
Ordered | as a MCE hull 555[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Yard number | 555[1] |
Laid down | 15 May 1944 |
Launched | 7 August 1944 |
Sponsored by | Alma De Bretteville Spreckles |
Commissioned | 11 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 5 July 1946 |
Stricken | 1 October 1958 |
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Honors and awards | 2 × battle stars for World War II service |
Fate | Sold for non-transportation use (NTU), 17 July 1975, delivered, 6 August 1975 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Haskell-class attack transport |
Type | Type VC2-S-AP5 |
Displacement | |
Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 17.7 kn (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
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Troops | 87 officers, 1,475 enlisted |
Complement | 56 officers, 480 enlisted |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: | TransRon 15 |
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USS Mifflin (APA-207) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1975.
History
Mifflin was of the VC2-S-AP5
Pacific War
After shakedown, Mifflin embarked 1,100 troops and sailed to Pearl Harbor. Exchanging her initial passengers for members of the 4th Marine Division, she continued amphibious exercises off Maui, until ordered to Saipan 27 January 1945.[3]
Invasion of Iwo Jima
On 19 February, her boats landed the
Invasion of Okinawa
Having replaced lost equipment and boats, she sailed 16 March, to nearby
Again returning her Marines to Saipan, she remained until early June. Steaming to the
Decommissioning and fate
Inactivation soon began with Mifflin placed out of service in reserve 5 July 1946, assigned to the
Awards
Mifflin received two
Notes
- Citations
Bibliography
Online resources
- "Mifflin (APA-207)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Kaiser Permanente No. 2, Richmond CA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- "USS Mifflin (APA-207)". Navsource.org. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- "MIFFLIN (APA-207)". United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Mifflin (APA-207) at NavSource Naval History