USN · AP

George Clymer

Afloat

Attack transport, APA-27, ex AP-57, the former African Planet. Ingalls laid her down at Pascagoula on 28 October 1940. Commissioned 15 June 1942. Captain Arthur T. Moen had her at commissioning. Morocco, the Solomons, Bougainville, Saipan, Guam, Leyte, and Okinawa, then Korea and Vietnam. Decommissioned 31 October 1967. Struck 1 November 1968. Scrapped in 1968. The Navy history gives five battle stars for the Second World War and seven for Korea.

Type	Transport (AP)
Hull	APA-27
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula
Launched	1941-09-27
Commissioned	1942-06-15
Fate	Afloat. Decommissioned on 31 October 1967. Struck on 1 November 1968. Scrapped in 1968.
Command	Moen, Arthur Thomas Commanding officer from 15 June 1942; Relieved on 12 September 1943

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

Underway at sea on 16 July 1944, photographed from Ringgold (DD-500).

U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

AMMoen, Arthur ThomasCommanding officer from 15 June 1942Relieved on 12 September 1943

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