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USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30)
USS ''Thomas Jefferson'' (APA-30), serving from 1 May 1942 until 18 July 1955, was a transport and then reclassified on 1 February 1943 as an . She was laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 56) as ''President Garfield'' on 5 February 1940 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company for the American President Lines. The ship was launched on 20 November 1940, sponsored by Miss Eugenia Merrill. ''President Garfield'' was completed 26 March 1941 and acquired by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) 29 November 1941 with American President Lines, the WSA agent, operating the ship as a troop transport. On 1 May 1942 the United States Navy purchased the ship and commissioned her USS ''Thomas Jefferson'' on 31 August 1942, Commander Chauncey R. Crutcher in command.
==War Shipping Administration transport==
''President Garfield'' operated as a WSA troop transport that had sailed from San Francisco 6 December 1941 with troops and the remainder of the 35th Pursuit
Group, whose main group had embarked the previous day aboard , intended for the Philippines, but turned back after the attack on Pearl Harbor. During the rush to increase defenses in Hawaii ''President Garfield'' and and the Army transport sailed from San Francisco 17 December for the islands with troops, aircraft and supplies.
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