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USS ''Leonard Wood'' (APA-12) was built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation and launched 17 September 1921 at Sparrows Point, Maryland as ''Nutmeg State'', an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ship intended as a World War I troop transport but redesigned upon the armistice as a passenger and cargo ship and completed as ''Western World'' for delivery to the United States Shipping Board. The ship's delivery on 9 May 1922 marked the completion of the wartime shipbuilding program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the Shipping Board. After years in commercial service on Munson Steamship Line's South American service ''Western World'' was purchased by the War Department in 1939, converted into a transport and renamed to serve as USAT ''Leonard Wood'' until transfer to the Navy on 3 June 1941. The ship was commissioned, classified as a transport with hull number AP-25, USS ''Leonard Wood'' with a United States Coast Guard crew on 10 June 1941. During World War II the ship was converted into an attack transport during March 1942 and reclassified APA-12 (''Harris''-class). The ship decommissioned 22 March 1946 and was sold for scrap 20 January 1948. ==Construction== ''Nutmeg State'', keel laid 29 July 1920 with yard number 4197, was launched 17 September 1921 and completed as ''Western World'' in 1922 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at Sparrows Point, Maryland for the United States Shipping Board (USSB). The ship was an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 type for delivery to the United States Shipping Board (USSB), known in the commercial trade as "535's" for their overall length, that had been intended as troop transports but redesigned as passenger and cargo vessels. On her delivery voyage from Baltimore to New York ''Western World'' covered the in 22 hours for an average speed of beating the previous best time of 26 hours. Delivery of ''Western World'' on 9 May 1922 completed the wartime shipbuilding program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and USSB. 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 Leonard Wood (APA-12)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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