USS Queens (APA-103)
USS Queens (APA-103) at anchor, c. 1945
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| Name: | USS Queens (APA-103) |
| Namesake: | Queens, New York City |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel |
| Laid down: | 2 March 1944 |
| Launched: | 12 September 1944 |
| Sponsored by: | Miss Jeanne L Fogle |
| Acquired: | 16 December 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 16 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 June 1946 |
| Struck: | 19 June 1946 |
| Fate: | Sunk as an artificial reef off Texas, 17 November 2007 |
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| Class and type: | Windsor-class attack transport |
| Displacement: | 7,970 tons (lt), 13,143 t. (fl) |
| Length: | 473 ft 1 in (144.20 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Bethlehem geared turbine drive, 2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, single propeller, designed shaft horsepower 8,000 |
| Speed: | 17 knots |
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| Complement: | Officer 42 Enlisted 434 |
| Armament: | 1 × 5"/38 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 × Bofors 40mm gun mounts, 2 × twin 20mm gun mounts, 18 × single 20mm gun mounts |
| Notes: | MCV Hull No. 1677, hull type C3-S-A3 |
USS Queens (APA-103) was a Windsor-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. She was commissioned late in the war and initially assigned to transport duties; consequently she did not take part in any combat operations.
Queens was named after Queens, a borough in New York City. She was laid down 2 March 1944 by Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point, Maryland; launched 12 September 1944; acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on loan charter 16 December 1944; and commissioned 16 December 1944, Capt. John J. Mockrish, USNR, in command.
Following shakedown and amphibious training in Chesapeake Bay, Queens reported for duty at Queens, New York, to Commander, Task Force 29, 15 January 1945. Sailing via Norfolk, Virginia and the Panama Canal, she arrived Pearl Harbor 7 February. After training, she departed Pearl Harbor 2 March, carrying 1,250 Army and Navy troops.
Arriving via Eniwetok, she debarked troops at Iwo Jima 26 March. She began medical treatment for Iwo Jima casualties 30 March. Departing Iwo Jima 12 April with 1,500 Marines, she proceeded via Guam, Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor to Hilo, Hawaii, where she debarked troops 25 April.
Following amphibious training, she left Pearl Harbor for San Francisco 23 May, and proceeded to Everett, Washington, for repairs. Sailing back to action via Pearl Harbor, she delivered troops and cargo to Saipan 11 July. After steaming non-stop from Saipan to San Francisco, arriving 25 July, she delivered troops to Pearl Harbor 11 August.
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