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USS ''General H. W. Butner'' (AP-113) was a troopship that served with the United States Navy in World War II and the Korean War. She was redesignated T-AP-113 in October 1949. ''General H. W. Butner'' was launched by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company of Kearny, New Jersey, 19 September 1943 under Maritime Commission contract for the Army; acquired by the Navy 5 December 1943; placed in ferry commission the same day for transfer to the Maryland Drydock Company of Baltimore, for conversion to a troop transport; and placed in full commission 11 January 1944, Captain A. P. Lawton in command. ==World War II== After shakedown in Chesapeake Bay, ''General H. W. Butner'' sailed 23 February 1944 from Norfolk, Virginia carrying troops to Morocco. Arriving Casablanca 3 March, the ship returned to Norfolk for another load of troops, and sailed again for Casablanca, arriving back at Norfolk 20 April. After only three days in port ''General H. W. Butner'' sailed again, this time eastward to the West Coast. Her ports of call on this long voyage were Durban, South Africa; Bombay; Melbourne, Australia; and San Pedro, California, where she arrived 1 July. The transport then retraced her steps to Melbourne and Bombay, arriving off the Indian coast 26 August. From there she returned to Melbourne with troops and sailed for California via Noumea and Efate, New Hebrides. She arrived in San Pedro 6 October 1944. Continuing the vital work of ferrying troops to and from the Pacific Theater, ''General H. W. Butner'' departed San Pedro 21 October 1944, called at Melbourne, Bombay, Sydney, and Noumea, and returned to San Pedro 7 January 1945. Departing San Francisco 17 February, she brought troops to Finschafen, Hollandia, Leyte, Manus Island, Guadalcanal, and many other islands, as the amphibious advance through the Pacific reached its final phase. She returned to San Francisco 12 May, departed 20 May for the Panama Canal, and from there steamed to Le Havre, France. The far-ranging transport departed France with troops 12 June, and arrived back in Norfolk 20 June. Thus she completed a circuit of the earth, though, in the meantime, she had steamed a distance equal to six times its diameter while supporting wartime operations. ''General H. W. Butner'' made one more voyage before the end of the Pacific war, redeploying troops from the European Theater. She sailed from Marseilles 7 July, via the Panama Canal, for Ulithi and Eniwetok, finally arriving Okinawa 1 September. She then returned to the United States, arriving Seattle 24 September. 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 General H. W. Butner (AP-113)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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