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USS ''Knox'' (APA-46) was a that served with the US Navy during World War II. She was named for counties in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. The vessel was laid down by Ingalls Shipbuilding under a Maritime Commission contract, and launched 17 July 1943. She was fitted out as an attack transport at Bethlehem Steel in Brooklyn, New York and commissioned as USS ''Knox'' (APA-46) on 4 March 1944. ''Knox'' served in the Pacific Theater of Operations and received five battle stars for wartime operations. On 14 March 1946 ''Knox'' was decommissioned, struck from the Navy Vessel Register on 1 May, and returned to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 14 May. In 1947 ''Knox'' was sold to Isthmian Lines and renamed ''Steel Recorder''. She was later sold on to States Marine Lines and named ''Constitution State''. She was scrapped in Taiwan in 1971. ==References== * * (AP-91 APA-46 ''Knox'' ), Navsource Online * (''Steel Recorder'' ), Isthmian Lines website 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 Knox (APA-46)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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