USS Ormsby (APA-49)
USS Ormsby (APA-49) at Mare Island Navy Yard, 17 July 1943
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| Name: | USS Ormsby (APA-49) |
| Namesake: | Ormsby County, Nevada |
| Builder: | Moore Dry Dock |
| Laid down: | 21 July 1942 |
| Launched: | 20 October 1942 |
| Christened: | Twilight |
| Acquired: | 10 March 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 28 June 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 March 1946 |
| Renamed: | USS Ormsby (APA-49), American Producer |
| Reclassified: | AP-94 to APA-49, 1 February 1943 |
| Struck: | 17 April 1946 |
| Identification: | MCV Hull Type C2-S-B1, MCV Hull No. 288 |
| Honours and awards: |
Six battle stars for World War II service |
| Fate: | Scrapped July 1969 after accident |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ormsby-class attack transport |
| Displacement: | 7,300 tons (lt), 13,910 t. (fl) |
| Length: | 459 ft 3 in |
| Beam: | 63 ft |
| Draft: | 24 ft |
| Propulsion: | 1 x General Electric geared drive turbine, 2 x Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers, 1 x propeller, designed shaft horsepower 6,000 |
| Speed: | 17 knots |
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| Complement: | Officers 46, Enlisted 478 |
| Armament: | 2 x 5"/38 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 x Bofors 40mm gun mounts, 4 x twin 20mm gun, 18 x 20mm single gun mounts. |
USS Ormsby (APA-49) was an Ormsby-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II.
Ormsby (APA-49) was named after a county in Nevada. She was originally laid down by the Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland, California on 21 July 1942 as SS Twilight; authorized for acquisition as Ormsby AP-94 on 5 October 1942; launched 20 October 1942; reclassified APA-49 on 1 February 1943; acquired 10 March 1943; and commissioned 28 June 1943, Captain Leonard Frisco, USNR, in command.
Upon completion of her conversion and shakedown in July 1943, Ormsby sailed from San Francisco en route to San Diego to load Marines and cargo for Pearl Harbor. From Pearl she loaded more Marines, Seabees and equipment and departed 14 August for Nukufetau in the Ellice Islands.
Continuing southward, she stopped in Pago Pago, Samoa, and then sailed on to Wellington, New Zealand, arriving on 11 September. There she embarked Marines and carried out amphibious warfare training until the end of October.
From Wellington, New Zealand Ormsby steamed via Efate to Tarawa, Gilbert Islands and landed her troops there for that historic battle on 20 November 1943.
Returning to Pearl Harbor on 7 December she again loaded troops and supplies and conducted training through January 1944.
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