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USS ''Wayne'' (APA-54) was a that served with the US Navy during World War II. ''Wayne'' was originally laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 476) on 20 April 1942 as ''Afoundria'' at Chickasaw, Alabama, by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation; renamed ''Wayne'' and classified as a transport, AP-99, on 26 October 1942; launched on 6 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. N. G. Nicolson; reclassified an attack transport, APA-54, on 1 February 1943; acquired by the Navy on 30 April 1943; delivered to the Navy the following day, 1 May 1943, and simultaneously placed in commission "in ordinary." Taken to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Key Highway Yard, Baltimore, Maryland, ''Wayne'' was converted for naval service. Decommissioned on 11 May 1943 for the duration of the conversion work, ''Wayne'' (APA-54) was recommissioned at Baltimore on 27 August 1943, Commander T. V. Cooper in command. ==World War II== ''Wayne'' departed Baltimore on 1 September and headed down the eastern seaboard to Norfolk, Virginia., where she arrived the following day to take on fuel, stores, equipment and a full complement of landing craft. After shakedown training in Chesapeake Bay, ''Wayne'' departed Hampton Roads on 4 October, bound for New York. Upon finishing loading at New York, she put to sea on 13 October and, escorted by destroyer and destroyer escort , headed for the Pacific. The attack transport transited the Panama Canal on 21 and 22 October and arrived at Naval Base San Diego at the end of the month. For the remainder of 1943, ''Wayne'' operated out of San Diego on training exercises with various battalion landing teams of the 4th Marine Division. On 13 January 1944, ''Wayne'' got underway with marines of the 3rd Battalion (Reinforced), 24th Marines embarked and steamed in convoy for the Hawaiian Islands. She arrived at Lahaina Roads, Maui, Territory of Hawaii, on the 21st. There, she fueled from oiler and took on stores from store ship . She departed Hawaiian waters two days later, bound for the Marshall Islands. 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 Wayne (APA-54)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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