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USS ''Barrow'' (APA-61) was a ''Gilliam'' class attack transport serving in the United States Navy during World War II. The unnamed attack transport APA-61 was laid down on 28 January 1944 at Wilmington, California, by the Consolidated Steel Corporation, under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1854); named for Barrow County, Georgia, on 11 March 1944; launched on 11 May 1944; accepted by the Navy on 27 September 1944; and commissioned on 28 September 1944 at San Pedro, California, Lieutenant Commander Herman Jorgensen, USNR, in command. She was named for a county in north central Georgia 〔Cressman, Robert J.:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. W. Naval Historical Center, 24 February 2006 (())〕 ==World War II Career== After fitting out at Terminal Island, California, the attack transport conducted her shakedown between 8 and 18 October near San Clemente and Santa Barbara Islands. She departed the west coast on 23 October with , , and , bound for Hawaii. Arriving in Pearl Harbor on the 29th, ''Barrow'' then conducted amphibious exercises at Maui with elements of the Army's 381st and 389th Regimental Combat Teams through the end of November. After embarking two Navy construction battalions at Pearl Harbor, ''Barrow'' sailed for the Marianas on 15 December in company with , , and . ''Barrow'' and her two escorts - ''Flint'' left the convoy soon after departure—steamed by way of Eniwetok in the Marshalls and reached Apra Harbor, Guam, on the 27th. Later that day, ''Barrow'' moved on to Tinian where she arrived on the 28th. She disembarked the two construction battalions the next day and headed back to Guam, arriving in Apra on the 30th. She loaded elements of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and got underway for Hawaii in company with and on the last day of 1944. The attack transport reached Pearl Harbor on 9 January 1945 and disembarked her passengers. The following day, she shifted berths to prepare for her first major operation—the assault on Iwo Jima, a small island in the Volcano Islands chain situated midway between Japan and American B-29 bases in the Marianas. Ideally suited to serve both as a base for fighter escort and as an emergency landing area for B-29's, Iwo Jima also figured prominently in Japanese defense plans. ''Barrow'' took on board a cargo of 8 inch ammunition to replenish the heavy cruisers supporting the landings. She embarked elements of the 5th Amphibious Corps, both at Pearl Harbor and at Maui, and then conducted four days of intense training at Maalaea Bay at Maui. Afterward, she spent nine days of logistics and rehabilitation at Pearl Harbor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Barrow (APA-61)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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