USS George Clymer (APA-27)
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USS George Clymer (APA-27) underway
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| Name: | USS George Clymer (APA-27) |
| Namesake: | George Clymer, American founding father |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 28 October 1940 |
| Launched: | 27 September 1941 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs Kathryn Stapleton |
| Christened: | African Planet |
| Acquired: | 15 June 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 15 June 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 October 1967 |
| Renamed: | USS George Clymer |
| Reclassified: | AP-57 to APA-27, 1 February 1943 |
| Identification: | MCV Hull Type C3-P&C, MCV Hull No. ? |
| Nickname(s): | Greasy George |
| Honours and awards: |
Five battle stars for World War II service, seven for the Korean War and three for the Vietnam War |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 26 July 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Arthur Middleton-class attack transport |
| Displacement: | 9.000 tons(lt) 16,725 t.(fl) |
| Length: | 491 ft (149.7 m) |
| Beam: | 69.5 ft (21.2 m) |
| Draft: | 26.5 ft (8.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbine, single shaft, designed shaft horsepower 8,500 |
| Speed: | 18.4 knots |
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| Complement: | 578 |
| Armament: | 1 x 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun, 4 x 3"/50 caliber dp guns, 8 x single Bofors 40 mm gun mounts, 4 x .50 cal (12.7 mm). machine guns |
USS George Clymer (APA-27) was an Arthur Middleton-class attack transport that saw service with the US Navy in four wars - World War II, the Chinese Civil War, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
George Clymer (AP-57) was laid down as African Planet under a Maritime Commission contract 28 October 1940 by Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Mississippi; launched 27 September 1941; renamed George Clymer 9 January 1942; acquired by the Navy 15 June 1942; and commissioned the same day, Captain Arthur T. Moen in command.
George Clymer sailed 21 June via Charleston to Norfolk, Virginia where she arrived 30 July for training in Chesapeake Bay. She embarked 1,400 men of the 9th Infantry Division and departed 23 October for French Morocco.
After joining Rear Admiral Monroe Kelley's Northern Attack Group off the Moroccan coast 7 November, at midnight 8 November she debarked assault troops on special net-cutting and scouting missions against garrisons at Mehedia and the fortress Kasba. Just before dawn the first wave of troops hit the beach and encountered resistance from the Vichy French. Enemy shore batteries fired on the assembled transports and straddled George Clymer before she opened the range. Hard fighting continued ashore until 11 November. George Clymer debarked troops, unloaded cargo, and treated casualties until 15 November when she sailed to Casablanca to complete offloading cargo. She departed for the United States the 17th, arriving at Norfolk 30 November.
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