SS Western World

USS Leonard Wood (APA-12) off California, 28 April 1944
History
United States
Name:	Nutmeg State Western World Leonard Wood
Namesake:	Leonard Wood, US Army Chief of Staff, 1910-1914
Builder:	Bethlehem Steel
Yard number:	4197
Laid down:	29 July 1920
Launched:	17 September 1921
Christened:	Nutmeg State, completed as Western World
Acquired:	Delivered 9 May 1922 (by the Navy) 3 June 1941
Commissioned:	(Navy) 10 June 1941
Decommissioned:	22 March 1946
Renamed:	Leonard Wood
Reclassified:	AP-25 to APA-12, 1 February 1943
Struck:	12 April 1946
Identification:	United States official number: 222063
Honours and awards:	Eight battle stars for World War II service
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 20 January 1948
Notes:	Delivery of Western World marked the end of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and United States Shipping Board's World War I shipbuilding program.
General characteristics
Class and type:	Harris-class attack transport
Displacement:	13,529 tons (lt), 21,900 t.(fl)
Length:	535 ft 2 in
Beam:	72 ft 4 in
Draft:	31 ft 3 in
Propulsion:	2 x Curtis type turbines, 8 x Yarrow header-type boilers, 2 propellers, designed shaft horsepower 12,000.
Speed:	17.5 knots
Capacity:	Troops: 117 Officers, 1,809 Enlisted Cargo: 150,000 cu ft, 1,700 tons
Complement:	Officers 67, Enlisted 657
Armament:	4 x 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 x twin 40mm gun mounts, 16 x single 20mm gun mounts.

2 x Curtis type turbines, 8 x Yarrow header-type boilers,

USS Leonard Wood (APA-12) was built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation and launched 17 September 1921 at Sparrows Point, Maryland as Nutmeg State, an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ship intended as a World War I troop transport but redesigned upon the armistice as a passenger and cargo ship and completed as Western World for delivery to the United States Shipping Board. The ship's acceptance on 5 May 1922 and delivery on 9 May 1922 marked the completion of the wartime shipbuilding program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the Shipping Board.

After years in commercial service on Munson Steamship Line's South American service Western World was purchased by the War Department in 1939, converted into a transport and renamed to serve as USAT Leonard Wood until transfer to the Navy on 3 June 1941. The ship was commissioned, classified as a transport with hull number AP-25, USS Leonard Wood with a United States Coast Guard crew on 10 June 1941. During World War II the ship was converted into an attack transport during March 1942 and reclassified APA-12 (Harris-class). The ship decommissioned 22 March 1946 and was sold for scrap 20 January 1948.

Nutmeg State, keel laid 29 July 1920 with yard number 4197, was launched 17 September 1921 and completed as Western World in 1922 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at Sparrows Point, Maryland for the United States Shipping Board (USSB). The ship was an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 type for delivery to the United States Shipping Board (USSB), known in the commercial trade as "535's" for their overall length, that had been intended as troop transports but redesigned as passenger and cargo vessels.