Pacific ships
USS Samuel Chase (APA-26)

USN · AP

Samuel Chase

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Afloat

Attack transport, APA-26, ex AP-56, the former African Meteor. Ingalls laid her down at Pascagoula on 31 August 1940. Commissioned 13 June 1942. Commander Roger C. Heimer, Coast Guard, had her at commissioning. North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Normandy, and southern France, then the Pacific in 1945. She was off Okinawa in July, after the assault. Decommissioned at Norfolk on 26 February 1947. Struck 1 October 1958. Sold for scrap in 1973, in one account. The Navy history gives five battle stars for the European operations. One account adds an Asiatic-Pacific star.

TypeTransport (AP)
HullAPA-26
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula
Launched1941-08-23
Commissioned1942-06-13
FateAfloat. Decommissioned at Norfolk on 26 February 1947. Struck on 1 October 1958. Maritime Administration custody from 11 February 1959. Sold for scrap on 9 May 1973, in one account, to Consolidated Steel Corporation, Brownsville, Texas, for $116,660, and delivered on 10 August 1973.
Command
  • Heimer, Roger Clarence Commanding officer from 13 June 1942; Commissioning line calls him Commander Roger C. Heimer, Coast Guard; Relieved on 29 January 1944

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

Underway at sea on 25 November 1943. Naval History and Heritage Command photograph NH 107712. U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain.

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Command

RHHeimer, Roger ClarenceCommanding officer from 13 June 1942Commissioning line calls him Commander Roger C. Heimer, Coast GuardRelieved on 29 January 1944

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