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USS General A. E. Anderson (AP-111)
USS ''General A. E. Anderson'' (AP-111) was a troop transport that served with the United States Navy in World War II and the Korean War.
''General A. E. Anderson'' was launched 2 May 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Kearny, New Jersey; acquired by the Navy 25 August 1943; placed in partial commission the same day for transfer to Baltimore for conversion to a transport by the Maryland Drydock Company; and placed in full commission at Baltimore 5 October 1943, Cap. W. E. Miller in command.
==World War II==
From 25 October 1943 to 21 March 1944 ''General A. E. Anderson'' made four round-trip transport voyages out of Norfolk, Virginia to Casablanca, French Morocco. Underway again 26 March 1944, she returned to North Africa and touched at Gourock, Scotland, before steaming to Bermuda, where British censors and their families embarked for passage to New York. The ship reached New York 7 May, and following a round-trip voyage to Belfast, Northern Ireland (carrying the Nebraska "All Hell Can't Stop Us" 134th Infantry Regiment along with other elements of the 35th Division, including the Band, and accompanied by the cruiser USS Marblehead. Troops were disembarked at Avonmouth, Port of Bristol") she stood out of Norfolk 29 June for Bombay, where her troops debarked 7 August. ''General A. E. Anderson'' returned to San Pedro, California, 11 September 1944 and subsequently made another long round-trip voyage thence to Bombay via Australia, returning 9 December.
Until the summer of 1945 the busy ship made two round-trip voyages from San Francisco to Hollandia and Leyte, sailing from Leyte 24 () to reach Norfolk 22 July 1945. The most famous voyage was the return of Prisoners of War rescued by the Raid at Cabanatuan. The ''General A. E. Anderson'' departed Hollandia, New Guinea carrying 489 Prisoners of War. It traveled a longer route due to threats from the Japanese. It arrived in San Francisco on March 8, 1945, amid great fanfare and a band playing "Don't Fence Me In". Film footage of this voyage can be seen in the ending credits of the movie, "The Great Raid".
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