USN · AP
Crescent City
Photos and infoTransport, AP-40. She landed troops on Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942 and splashed at least four planes. Reclassified APA-21 on 1 February 1943. She was still in service at the end of the war.
| Type | Transport (AP) |
|---|---|
| Hull | AP-40 |
| Builder | Bethlehem, Sparrows Point |
| Launched | 1940-02-17 |
| Commissioned | 1941-10-10 |
| Fate | Afloat. Transport, name ship of her class. Reclassified APA-21 on 1 February 1943. She was still in service at Okinawa at the end of the war. |
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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 Crescent City (APA-21) underway. At the landings she was AP-40. The hull number PA 21 is on the bow. U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain.
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Command
Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi
1942-08-07 · landed troops on 7 August
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · transport; not sunk
