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USS ''President Monroe'' (AP-104) was a President Jackson-class attack transport〔There is some doubt as to whether this vessel was ever formally designated President Jackson class. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships does not record her class, although some other sources (such as Navsource) do. Unlike the majority of ships of the class she was never formally reclassified an attack transport (APA); however, she was originally a sister ship of the other ships in the class and like them she appears to have served in the attack transport role during the war.〕 that served with the US Navy during World War II. ''President Monroe'' was the sixth of seven C3-P&C type vessels built for American President Lines around-the-world service just prior to the outbreak of World War II. She was laid down 13 November 1939 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia and launched 7 August 1940. ==World War II== The new SS ''President Monroe'' was just clearing San Francisco Bay on her maiden voyage around the world when word was flashed to her Master to return, as Japan had just attacked Pearl Harbor. She and her six sisterships were immediately acquired by War Shipping Administration on bareboat charter for outfitting for war service. SS ''President Monroe'' departed San Francisco 12 January 1942 destined for Suva in the Australian — Suva convoy with two other troopships, the SS ''President Coolidge'' and the SS ''Mariposa'', which were destined for Australia, accompanied by two destroyers and the light cruiser .〔 〕 This was the first large convoy to Australia and the south Pacific after Pearl Harbor with ''Mariposa'' and ''Coolidge'' transporting Army personnel ammunition and fifty P-40 fighters intended for the Philippines and Java. ''Monroe'' landed 660 troops, an air warning company and a pursuit squadron at Suva on 29 January 1942.〔 On 17 July 1942 the ship that was only partially converted for troop transport departed San Francisco, escorted most of the first day by a blimp and destroyer escort, transporting the 7th Naval Construction Battalion to Pago Pago arriving around noon on 28 July and spending the next few days unloading. Transferred to the Navy 18 July 1943, ''President Monroe'' shifted to Pool, McGonigle & Jennings Company yard of Portland, Oregon for alterations. Commissioned 20 August as the USS ''President Monroe'' (AP-194), Capt. G. C. Morrison in command, she departed Portland 24 August for the Bremerton Navy Yard for conversion and outfitting. After brief shakedown, she commenced her first "pay" run 9 September on the Aleutian Service. Carrying replacement troops and cargo, she steamed for Kodiak, Dutch Harbor, and Adak, Alaska. She also embarked assault troops at Kiska and transported them to Pearl Harbor, and then returned to San Francisco to be outfitted with landing craft. 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 President Monroe (AP-104)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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