USN · AP
Leedstown
Photos and infoAttack transport, APA-56. Laid down 26 August 1942 as Exchequer at Bethlehem, Baltimore. She was AP-101 and was briefly named Wood. This is not the Leedstown sunk in 1942. She left Honolulu on 22 January 1944, landed troops at Kwajalein on 31 January, and departed on 5 February. Not sunk.
| Type | Transport (AP) |
|---|---|
| Hull | APA-56 |
| Builder | Bethlehem, Baltimore |
| Fate | Afloat. This is APA-56, not AP-73. AP-73 was sunk in 1942. Not sunk in the Marshalls. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
USS Leedstown (APA-56) in a Pacific harbor, circa 1944. U.S. Navy photograph NH 106376. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Leedstown (APA-56), circa in 1944 (NH 106376).jpeg. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
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Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · APA-56, not AP-73; landed troops at Kwajalein on 31 January; left on 5 February
