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Audrain

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ClassGilliam class
TypeTransport (AP)
HullAPA-59
BuilderConsolidated Steel, Wilmington
Launched1944-04-21
Commissioned1944-04-22
FateAfloat. She survived the war and was decommissioned on 15 May 1946.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

Audrain
USS Audrain (APA-59). U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-355074. Public domain.

Audrain (APA-59) served as an attack transport of the Gilliam class. Consolidated Steel at Wilmington launched her on 21 April 1944, and she was commissioned on 22 April 1944.

On the morning of 9 January 1945 she came to anchor among the transports off Lingayen. Her troops went ashore in an unopposed landing.

From 1 April to 9 April 1945 she served in the invasion of Okinawa.

Lingayen Gulf and Okinawa were the landings of her wartime cruise. She was decommissioned on 15 May 1946.

The pictures on this page are the originals.