USS Latimer
USS Latimer (APA-152) off Toulon, France, 1951
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| Namesake: | A county in eastern Oklahoma. |
| Ordered: | as type VC2-S-AP5 |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 4 July 1944 |
| Acquired: | 28 August 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 28 August 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 February 1947 |
| In service: | 23 September 1950 |
| Out of service: | 15 May 1956 |
| Struck: | date unknown |
| Fate: | scrapped, date unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 12,450 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 455 ft 0 in (138.68 m) |
| Beam: | 62 ft 0 in (18.90 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m) |
| Speed: | 19 knots |
| Complement: | 536 |
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USS Latimer (APA-152) was a Haskell-class attack transport acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas.
Latimer (APA-152) was launched under Maritime Commission contract 4 July 1944 by Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Oregon; sponsored by Mrs. Melvin H. McCoy; acquired by the Navy 28 August 1944; and commissioned the same day at Astoria, Oregon, Capt. John P. Dix in command.
Departing Seattle, Washington, 11 September 1944, Latimer steamed via San Francisco, California, to San Pedro, California, where she arrived 16 September. After shakedown off southern California, she embarked 1,301 troops at San Francisco and departed 26 October for the western Pacific Ocean. She sailed via Hollandia, New Guinea, and Noumea, New Caledonia, to the Solomons; arrived Guadalcanal 21 December for amphibious assault exercises; then steamed to Manus, Admiralties, 25 to 31 December to prepare for the invasion of Luzon.
Assigned to task group TG 77.9 as a reinforcement transport, Latimer cleared Seeadler Harbor 2 January 1945, bound for Lingayen Gulf. She arrived off San Fabian, Luzon, 11 January; discharged troops and support equipment; then steamed 13 to 27 January via Leyte Gulf and Manus to Wakde, New Guinea, where she embarked additional troops for passage to Luzon. After steaming to Lingayen Gulf 2 to 10 February, she sailed the 10th for Leyte Gulf and arrived 14 February to prepare for the invasion of Okinawa.
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