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George F. Elliott

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TypeTransport (AP)
HullAP-13
BuilderBethlehem Steel, Alameda
FateSunk. Heywood-class transport, AP-13. This is not the later George F. Elliott, AP-105. On 8 August 1942 a Japanese plane crashed into her off Guadalcanal and set her afire. She was lost. Hull fired four torpedoes into the fire and they did not finish her.
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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.

George F. Elliott
USS George F. Elliott (AP-13) off the Norfolk Navy Yard, 1 January 1942, in Measure 12 (Modified). U.S. Navy photograph 19-N-28309. Public domain.

USS George F. Elliott (AP-13) was a Heywood-class transport of the United States Navy. Bethlehem Steel built her at Alameda. A transport of her kind carried troops and put them ashore. A later ship also named George F. Elliott was designated AP-105.

On 7 August 1942 she took part in the landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi. That day she landed Marines. Watson Osgood Bailey was in command.

On 8 August 1942, off Guadalcanal, a Japanese plane crashed into her. The crash set the transport afire.

Hull fired four torpedoes into the fire. The torpedoes did not finish her. George F. Elliott was lost, and she sank.

The pictures on this page are the originals.