USN · AP
AfloatAppling landed 6th Army troops east of San Fabian at Lingayen and sent her own men ashore at Okinawa. She survived the war, missed being a Bikini target, and was later scrapped.
| Class | Gilliam class |
|---|---|
| Type | Transport (AP) |
| Hull | APA-58 |
| Builder | Consolidated, Wilmington |
| Launched | 1944-04-09 |
| Commissioned | 1944-08-22 |
| Fate | Afloat. She was at Bikini for the Crossroads tests and was never used as a target. Decommissioned on 20 December 1946, she spent years in reserve and was ultimately sold for scrap. |
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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.
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