USN · AP
American Legion
Photos and infoTransport, AP-35, name ship of her class. With Fuller she put the first troops ashore on Beach Red, Guadalcanal, on 7 August 1942. Richard Tregaskis sailed in her. Reclassified APA-17 on 1 February 1943. Decommissioned 28 March 1946.
| Type | Transport (AP) |
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| Hull | AP-35 |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding, Camden |
| Launched | 1919-10-11 |
| Commissioned | 1941-08-26 |
| Fate | Afloat. Transport. Reclassified APA-17 on 1 February 1943. Decommissioned at Olympia on 28 March 1946. Sold for scrap 5 February 1948. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
USS American Legion (AP-35) at the New York Navy Yard, 25 October 1941. U.S. Navy photograph 19-N-25715. Public domain.
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No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi
1942-08-07 · with Fuller, put the first troops ashore on Beach Red
