USS Heywood (APA-6)
USS Heywood (APA-6)
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| Name: | USS Heywood (APA-6) |
| Namesake: | General Charles Heywood, USMC |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding |
| Christened: | Steadfast |
| Acquired: | (by the Navy) 26 October 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 7 November 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 April 1946 |
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| Reclassified: | AP-12 to APA-6, 1 February 1943 |
| Honours and awards: |
Seven battle stars for World War II service |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1956 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Heywood-class attack transport |
| Displacement: | 8,000 tons (lt) 14,450 t.(fl) |
| Length: | 507 ft (155 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Draft: | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
| Propulsion: |
1 x De Laval geared turbine drive, 4 x Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 1 propellers, designed shaft horsepower 9,500. |
| Speed: | 16.8 knots |
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| Complement: | Officers 46, Enlisted 504 |
| Armament: | 4 x 3"/50 cal dual-purpose guns, 2 x twin 40mm gun mounts, 16 x single 20mm gun mounts. |
1 x De Laval geared turbine drive, 4 x Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers,
USS Heywood (APA-6) was a Heywood-class attack transport acquired by the U.S. Navy for service as a troop carrier just prior to World War II. She served in the Pacific War, a very dangerous area in the early years of the war, and safely returned home post-war with seven battle stars to her credit.
Heywood was built in 1919 as Steadfast by the Bethlehem Steel Corp., Alameda, California. As City of Baltimore she made New York-San Francisco passenger runs for the Panama Pacific Lines throughout the 1930s. She was acquired by the Navy 26 October 1940, renamed Heywood (AP-12), and fitted out as a troop transport at Portland, Oregon, where she commissioned 7 November 1940, Captain Herbert B. Knowles in command.
Heywood cruised as far west as Hawaii before transiting the Panama Canal for Charleston, South Carolina, arriving 14 June 1941. She carried garrison forces for the defense of Iceland and performed neutrality patrol in waters of the West Indies until the infamous raid on Pearl Harbor.
She departed Norfolk, Virginia, 10 April 1942 with reinforcements for the Solomon Islands, then replenished at San Pedro, California, before sailing for Wellington, New Zealand.
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