USN · AP
SunkTransport, AP-10, later APA-4. Turner's flag was in her off Beach Red on 7 August 1942, and again off Rendova on 30 June 1943. He was not her captain. A Japanese aircraft torpedo hit her engine room that afternoon and killed fifteen men. Six American motor torpedo boats then sank the abandoned ship. Not credited to one boat.
| Type | Transport (AP) |
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| Hull | AP-10 |
| Builder | Furness Shipbuilding, Haverton Hill-on-Tees |
| Commissioned | 1940-09-11 |
| Fate | Sunk. Turner's flagship at the Guadalcanal landings, and again at Rendova. He was not her captain. Reclassified APA-4 on 1 February 1943. On 30 June 1943 a Japanese aircraft torpedo hit her engine room off Rendova and killed fifteen men. After she was abandoned, six American motor torpedo boats torpedoed her. Not credited to one boat. Five battle stars. The day she was struck from the Naval Register is not known. |
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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 McCawley (AP-10), later APA-4, photographed circa 1941-42. U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain.
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Command
McFeaters, Charlie P.Captain from 7 January 1941Relieved on 24 November 1942CHHamblett, Cyril B.Executive officer, August 1942 to June 1943
Turner, Richmond KellyFlag, not her captain, Guadalcanal landings and Rendova
Rodgers, Robert HenryCaptain from 24 November 1942In command until she went down, 30 June 1943Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi
1942-08-07 · Turner's flagship off Beach Red. He was not her captain
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