USN · AP
SunkHeywood-class transport, AP-13. The later George F. Elliott is AP-105. She landed Marines on 7 August 1942. The next day a Japanese plane crashed into her and set her afire. She was lost.
| Type | Transport (AP) |
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| Hull | AP-13 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel, Alameda |
| Fate | Sunk. 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.
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.
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Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi
1942-08-07 · a Japanese plane crashed into her on 8 August and set her afire. Lost
Afloat
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