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USS ''DuPage'' (AP-86/APA-41) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was named for DuPage County, Illinois. ''DuPage'' was launched on 19 December 1942 as ''Sea Hound'' (AP-86) by Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, Mississippi, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. Leigh R. Sanford; reclassified APA-41 on 1 February 1943; placed in ferry commission on 28 February 1943, Commander C. Allen in command; decommissioned on 17 March 1943 for conversion by Todd-Erie Basin Dry Docks, Brooklyn, N.Y.; and recommissioned on 1 September 1943, Captain G. M. Wauchope, USNR, in command. == World War II Pacific Theatre operations == ''DuPage'' reached San Diego, California, from Norfolk, Virginia on 2 November 1943 to serve as flagship for a transport division during training. She sailed from San Diego on 13 January 1944 carrying U.S. Marines for the assault landings on Kwajalein, where she remained from 31 January to 6 February. ''DuPage'' sailed by way of Funafuti, Ellice Islands, to Guadalcanal, arriving on 18 February. Based at Guadalcanal ''DuPage'' served in the redeployment of troops in the Solomons and carried troops for the assault landings on Emirau Island on 11 April 1944 and the support landings at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, from 28 April to 1 May. On 3 June she got underway for the invasion of Guam, landing her troops from 21 to 26 July. After evacuating casualties to Eniwetok, and exercising off Espiritu Santo, ''DuPage'' returned to Guadalcanal on 27 August to replenish, overhaul her landing craft, and train for the invasion of the Palau Islands. ''DuPage'' sortied from Guadalcanal on 8 September 1944 and landed her troops in the assault of Peleliu a week later. For 12 days she remained in the area providing logistics support for landing craft and small patrol vessels. Three of her own landing craft were lost and one man killed during the bitter fighting. 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 DuPage (APA-41)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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