USS Cape Johnson (AP-172)
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| Name: | USS Cape Johnson |
| Builder: | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California |
| Launched: | 20 February 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 1 June 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 July 1946 |
| Honors and awards: |
2 battle stars (World War II) |
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| Type: | Type C1-B cargo ship |
| Displacement: | 5,668 long tons (5,759 t) |
| Length: | 417 ft 9 in (127.33 m) |
| Beam: | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Draft: | 22 ft 3 in (6.78 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbine, single propeller, 4,000 hp (2,983 kW) |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Capacity: | 72,168 cubic feet |
| Troops: | 1,288 |
| Complement: | 371 |
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USS Cape Johnson (AP-172), was a United States Navy troop transport ship that was used in the South Pacific during World War II. The ship was named for a cape off the coast of Washington state.
Cape Johnson, a 5,668-ton Maritime Commission C1-B type cargo ship, was built at Wilmington, California. She was launched on 20 February 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Ltd., Wilmington, California, under a Maritime Commission contract and sponsored by Mrs. A. C. Steward. The ship was converted to a troop transport by Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.; acquired by the Navy and commissioned on 1 June 1944, Commander L. C. Farley, USNR, in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet.
Cape Johnson was initially used to redistribute Army and Marine forces between the Marianas and bases in the South Pacific. In November 1944 she arrived with a supply echelon off the assault areas at Leyte in the Philippines and then landed her troops at Samar. In January 1945, Cape Johnson landed troops in Lingayen Gulf during the initial assault on Luzon Island. In mid-February she arrived off Iwo Jima with Marine Corps troops and cargo, which she put ashore as needed through the end of March. The transport then returned to San Francisco and carried troops from there to Manila.
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