USN · AP
AfloatHeywood-class transport, AP-12. She landed troops at Tulagi on 7 August 1942, finished there, and came across to Beach Red the same day. Later APA-6. Decommissioned 12 April 1946.
| Type | Transport (AP) |
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| Hull | AP-12 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel, Alameda |
| Commissioned | 1940-11-07 |
| Fate | Afloat. Transport, name ship of the Heywood class. Later APA-6. She landed troops at Tulagi on 7 August 1942 and came across to Beach Red the same day. Decommissioned at Boston on 12 April 1946. |
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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 Heywood (AP-12) off the Norfolk Navy Yard, 1 November 1941. U.S. Navy photograph 19-N-25919. Public domain.
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Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi
1942-08-07 · landed troops at Tulagi, then came across to Beach Red the same day
Afloat
Photos and infoThe Doolittle RaidBattle of MidwayLandings on Guadalcanal and TulagiBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of Rennell IslandGilbert Islands, November 1943Marshall IslandsOperation Hailstone, the raid on TrukBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle off Cape EngañoIwo JimaOkinawa
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