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USS ''Joseph T. Dickman'' (APA-13) was a ''Harris''-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. == Early career == ''Joseph T. Dickman'' was built as ''Peninsula State'' for the United States Shipping Board by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, in 1921 and 1922. She began transatlantic service for United States Lines in 1922, and soon afterward in May was renamed ''President Pierce''. In August 1922 the ship was renamed ''President Roosevelt'', a name she carried during her many years of passenger service. In January 1926, ''President Roosevelt'' was involved in the rescue of the crew of the British cargo ship ship SS Antinoe that foundered in the Atlantic Ocean in January 1926. George Fried, the ''Roosevelt''s captain, was given a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan in honor of his heroism. In the summer of 1928, the American Olympic Team sailed on the SS "President Roosevelt" to compete in the Ninth Olympiad in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In 1939 agreement was reached with the American Electric Launch Company (Elco) to purchase a British Power Boat 70-footer (later named PT9), as a template for American production under licence. PT9 was taken by ''President Roosevelt'' to Elco’s works at New London, Connecticut. On 3 October Scott-Paine met President Roosevelt and senior Elco representatives at the White House to authorize the creation of a new naval arm, the PT Boat Squadrons. Production started at a new Elco factory at Bayonne, New Jersey in January 1940. 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「SS President Roosevelt (1921)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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