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Hunter Liggett

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TypeTransport (AP)
HullAP-27
FateAfloat. Transport, later APA-14. Coast Guard manned. In Transport Division C off Beach Red on 7 August 1942. Captain Reifsnider commanded the transport group. He was not her captain.
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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.

Hunter Liggett
USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14) in harbor, circa 1943-44. She had a Coast Guard crew. At the landings she was AP-27. U.S. Coast Guard photograph 26-G-3337. Public domain.

USS Hunter Liggett was a United States Navy transport, designated AP-27 and later APA-14. The Coast Guard manned her. On 7 August 1942 she took part in the landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi. She was in Transport Division C, off Beach Red, with Alchiba, Fomalhaut, and Betelgeuse.

Louis W. Perkins of the United States Coast Guard was in command of Hunter Liggett that day. Captain Reifsnider commanded Transport Group XRAY, the transport group. He was not her captain. Hunter Liggett survived.

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