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bold">Launched</td><td>14 May 1931</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>27 April 1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>25 February 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>March 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Broken up 1960</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>14,242 tons</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>470 ft 10 in (143.5 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>63 ft 11 in (19.5 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>36 ft 0 in (11.0 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>15 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (28 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>381 officers and enlisted men</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × single <a href="/wiki/5%22/38-caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38-caliber gun">5"/38</a> dual-purpose gun mount,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × single <a href="/wiki/3%22/50-caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3"/50-caliber gun">3 in (76 mm)</a> dual-purpose gun mounts,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 × <a href="/wiki/1.1%22/75-caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="1.1"/75-caliber gun">1.1"/75-caliber guns</a>, replaced with 8 × single <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm</a> gun mounts</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Rochambeau-OCT,_5_1942.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/USS_Rochambeau-OCT%2C_5_1942.jpg/220px-USS_Rochambeau-OCT%2C_5_1942.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/USS_Rochambeau-OCT%2C_5_1942.jpg/330px-USS_Rochambeau-OCT%2C_5_1942.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/USS_Rochambeau-OCT%2C_5_1942.jpg/440px-USS_Rochambeau-OCT%2C_5_1942.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1330" data-file-height="1084" /></a><figcaption>USS <i>Rochambeau</i> – San Francisco, California, October 5, 1942 </figcaption></figure> <p><b>USS <i>Rochambeau</i> (AP-63)</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Troopship" title="Troopship">transport 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She was the only U.S. Naval vessel to be named for the French nobleman, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Donatien_de_Vimeur,_comte_de_Rochambeau" title="Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau">Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau</a> (1725–1807), who commanded the French troops in <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">Washington's</a> army during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Rochambeau&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="French_ownership">French ownership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Rochambeau&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: French ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Rochambeau</i> was originally built as <i>Maréchal Joffre</i> in 1931 by the Société Provençale de Constructions Navales of <a href="/wiki/La_Ciotat" title="La Ciotat">La Ciotat</a>, France for the Société des Services Contractuels des <a href="/wiki/Messageries_Maritimes" title="Messageries Maritimes">Messageries Maritimes</a>. Manned by <a href="/wiki/Vichy_French" class="mw-redirect" title="Vichy French">Vichy French</a> Forces after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">fall of France</a> in 1940, <i>Maréchal Joffre</i> was in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> when the United States entered World War II. She was taken over by a crew of downed US Navy fliers from Patrol Wing 10<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with the help of some of the French sailors who were not supportive of the Vichy government sailed on the 18th for <a href="/wiki/Balikpapan" title="Balikpapan">Balikpapan</a>, whence she proceeded to Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. She arrived at San Francisco with a cargo of <a href="/wiki/Wool" title="Wool">wool</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zircon" title="Zircon">zircon</a> sand on 19 April 1942. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="US_Navy_use">US Navy use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Rochambeau&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: US Navy use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following day, she was taken over by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Maritime_Commission" title="United States Maritime Commission">United States Maritime Commission</a> and transferred to the Navy. Commissioned 27 April 1942, she was renamed <i>Rochambeau</i> and designated AP-63 on the 29th. </p><p><i>Rochambeau</i>, converted for use as a casualty evacuation ship, departed <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a>, on 20 October for her first operation under the U.S. flag. With replacements and reinforcements for the <a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal_campaign" title="Guadalcanal campaign">Guadalcanal campaign</a> embarked on her westward passage, she made <a href="/wiki/Noum%C3%A9a" title="Nouméa">Nouméa</a>; disembarked her passengers; replaced them with casualties from hospitals there, at <a href="/wiki/Suva" title="Suva">Suva</a>, and at <a href="/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora">Bora Bora</a>; and returned to San Francisco on 3 December. At the end of December, she sailed west again. Extending her range to New Zealand and Australia on that voyage, she limited her next run, 9 to 27 March, to <a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides" title="New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a>. On that trip she carried Lieutenant (j.g.) <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> to <a href="/wiki/Espiritu_Santo" title="Espiritu Santo">Espiritu Santo</a> where he was transferred to LST-449 and taken to the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomons</a>. During May, <i>Rochambeau</i> remained in waters off <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, then, on 5 June, resumed her passenger/casualty runs to the south and southwest Pacific. Continuing those runs well into 1944, she added ports in <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a> to her stops in September 1943 and the central Solomons in the spring of 1944. On her last run, 16 November 1944 – 17 January 1945, she brought back casualties from hospitals on <a href="/wiki/Eniwetok" class="mw-redirect" title="Eniwetok">Eniwetok</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kwajalein" class="mw-redirect" title="Kwajalein">Kwajalein</a> in the company of the <a href="/wiki/USS_Barrow" title="USS Barrow">USS <i>Barrow</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Boyd" title="USS Boyd">USS <i>Boyd</i></a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decommissioning">Decommissioning</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Rochambeau&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Decommissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marechal_Joffre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Marechal_Joffre.jpg/300px-Marechal_Joffre.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Marechal_Joffre.jpg/450px-Marechal_Joffre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Marechal_Joffre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="178" /></a><figcaption>Ex-USS <i>Rochambeau</i> (AP-63) being operated for the WSA by the French Government as <i>Marechal Joffre</i> to transport U.S. troops from Europe to the States after the war; note the extra life rafts along her starboard side</figcaption></figure> <p>On 9 February, <i>Rochambeau</i> headed for <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. Arriving on the 25th, she was decommissioned and transferred to the U.S. Maritime Commission's War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 17 March. Her name was struck from the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Vessel_Register" title="Naval Vessel Register">Naval Vessel Register</a> at the end of the month. Then she was returned to her French owners <a href="/wiki/Messageries_Maritimes" title="Messageries Maritimes">Messageries Maritimes</a> and resumed the name <i>Marechal Joffre</i> and, operating for WSA, was used to transport American troops from Europe to the United States. The hull was repainted black with a white superstructure. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Schip_%27Marechal_Joffre%27_in_de_haven_van_Alexandri%C3%AB,_Bestanddeelnr_255-6593.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Schip_%27Marechal_Joffre%27_in_de_haven_van_Alexandri%C3%AB%2C_Bestanddeelnr_255-6593.jpg/170px-Schip_%27Marechal_Joffre%27_in_de_haven_van_Alexandri%C3%AB%2C_Bestanddeelnr_255-6593.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Schip_%27Marechal_Joffre%27_in_de_haven_van_Alexandri%C3%AB%2C_Bestanddeelnr_255-6593.jpg/255px-Schip_%27Marechal_Joffre%27_in_de_haven_van_Alexandri%C3%AB%2C_Bestanddeelnr_255-6593.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Schip_%27Marechal_Joffre%27_in_de_haven_van_Alexandri%C3%AB%2C_Bestanddeelnr_255-6593.jpg/340px-Schip_%27Marechal_Joffre%27_in_de_haven_van_Alexandri%C3%AB%2C_Bestanddeelnr_255-6593.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2616" data-file-height="2632" /></a><figcaption>In <a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a>, Egypt, in 1951 with the rebuilt funnel</figcaption></figure> <p>From 1946 to 1950 she served as a troopship for the French Army in <a href="/wiki/First_Indochina_War" title="First Indochina War">Indochina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ramona_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ramona-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1950 and 1951 she returned to La Ciotat for rebuilding and the two funnels were replaced with a single oval funnel and painted white overall. She then served as a liner across the Indian Ocean to the Far East.<sup id="cite_ref-Ramona_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ramona-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was scrapped in Osaka, Japan, in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-Ramona_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ramona-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Rochambeau&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAlsleben1999–2000" class="citation web cs1">Alsleben, Allan (1999–2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/patrol_wing10.html">"US Patrol Wing 10 in the Dutch East Indies, 1942"</a>. 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Adour</i> (1889)</li> <li><i>Alexandre</i> (1843)</li> <li><i>Alphee</i> (1861)</li> <li><i>Amazone</i> (1869)</li> <li><i>Amazone</i> (1896)</li> <li><i>Amérique</i> (1857)</li> <li><i>Amsterdam</i> (1838)</li> <li><i>Anadyr</i> (1873)</li> <li><i>Andre Chenier</i> (1899)</li> <li><i>Angkor</i> (1899)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Karnak_(1898)" title="SS Karnak (1898)"><i>Annam</i> (1898)</a></li> <li><i>Annam</i> (1899)</li> <li><i>Arethuse</i> (1864)</li> <li><i>Armand Behic</i> (1891)</li> <li><i>Atlantique</i> (1899)</li> <li><i>Aunis</i> (1860)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Australien_(1889)" title="SS Australien (1889)"><i>Australien</i> (1889)</a></li> <li><i>Ava</i> (1870)</li> <li><i>Aventin</i> (1856)</li> <li><i>Bagdad</i> (1899)</li> <li><i>Balkan</i> (1858)</li> <li><i>Basque</i> (1893)</li> <li><i>Bearn</i> (1860)</li> <li><i>Borysthene</i> (1855)</li> <li><i>Bosphore</i> (1846)</li> <li><i>Bosphore</i> (1889)</li> <li><i>Bresil</i> (1888)</li> <li><i>Breton</i> (1886)</li> <li><i>Cachar</i> (1883)</li> <li><i>Caire</i> (1843)</li> <li><i>Calédonien</i> (1882)</li> <li><i>Cambodge</i> (1861)</li> <li><i>Capitole</i> (1854)</li> <li><i>Carmel</i> (1854)</li> <li><i>Caucase</i> (1898)</li> <li><i>Cephise</i> (1857)</li> <li><i>Charente</i> (1889)</li> <li><i>Cheliff</i> (1855)</li> <li><i>Chili</i> (1894)</li> <li><i>Clyde</i> (1854)</li> <li><i>Colombo</i> (1882)</li> <li><i>Congo</i> (1878)</li> <li><i>Copernic</i> (1861)</li> <li><i>Cordillère</i> (1895)</li> <li><i>Corduan</i> (1884)</li> <li><i>Crimée</i> (1889)</li> <li><i>Cydnus</i> (1856)</li> <li><i>Danube</i> (1855)</li> <li><i>Danube</i> (1889)</li> <li><i>Delta</i> (1862)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Djemnah" title="SS Djemnah"><i>Djemnah</i> (1874)</a></li> <li><i>Donnaï</i> (1867)</li> <li><i>Dordogne</i> (1889)</li> <li><i>Douro</i> (1889)</li> <li><i>Dumbea</i> (1888)</li> <li><i>Dupleix</i> (1862)</li> <li><i>Dupleix</i> (1897)</li> <li><i>Ebre</i> (1868)</li> <li><i>Egyptus</i> (1843)</li> <li><i>Equateur</i> (1875)</li> <li><i>Ermine</i>(1864)</li> <li><i>Éridan</i> (1866)</li> <li><i>Ernest Simons</i> (1893)</li> <li><i>Erymanthe</i> (1862)</li> <li><i>Estramadure</i> (1860)</li> <li><i>Euphrate</i> (1854)</li> <li><i>Eurotas</i> (1836)</li> <li><i>Guienne</i> (1859)</li> <li><i>Gange</i> (1853)</li> <li><i>Gironde</i> (1869)</li> <li><i>Godavery</i> (1863)</li> <li><i>Guadalquivir</i> (1888)</li> <li><i>Guadiana</i> (1888)</li> <li><i>Haiphong</i> (1885)</li> <li><i>Hellespont</i> (1846)</li> <li><i>Henri IV</i> (1854)</li> <li><i>Hermus</i> (1857)</li> <li><i>Hooghly</i> (1867)</li> <li><i>Hydaspe</i> (1853)</li> <li><i>Ilissus</i> (1865)</li> <li><i>Imerina</i> (1899)</li> <li><i>Impératrice</i> (1860)</li> <li><i>Indus</i> (1854)</li> <li><i>Indus</i> (1897)</li> <li><i>Iraouaddy</i> (1872)</li> <li><i>Jourdain</i> (1855)</li> <li><i>La Bourdonnais</i> (1862)</li> <li><i>Laos</i> (1896)</li> <li><i>La Plata</i> (1888)</li> <li><i>La Seyne</i> (1874)</li> <li><i>Leonidas</i> (1836)</li> <li><i>Liban</i> (1854)</li> <li><i>Lotus</i> (1898)</li> <li><i>Louqsor</i> (1843)</li> <li><i>Lycurgue</i> (1836)</li> <li><i>Magellan</i> (1897)</li> <li><i>Manch</i> (1887)</li> <li><i>Matapan</i> (1887)</li> <li><i>Meandre</i> (1855)</li> <li><i>Medoc</i> (1884)</li> <li><i>Meikong</i> (1870)</li> <li><i>Meinam</i> (1862)</li> <li><i>Melbourne</i> (1881)</li> <li><i>Memphis</i> (1891)</li> <li><i>Mendoza</i> (1860)</li> <li><i>Mentor</i> (1836)</li> <li><i>Menzaleh</i> (1865)</li> <li><i>Menovee</i> (1846)</li> <li><i>Mersey</i> (1854)</li> <li><i>Mitidjah</i> (1855)</li> <li><i>Moeris</i> (1863)</li> <li><i>Mossoul</i> (1898)</li> <li><i>Mozambique</i> (1864)</li> <li><i>Mpanjaka</i> (1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Wakool" title="SS Wakool"><i>Myre de Villers</i> (1898)</a></li> <li><i>Natal</i> (1881)</li> <li><i>Navarre</i> (1859)</li> <li><i>Nerthe</i> (1874)</li> <li><i>Neva</i> (1858)</li> <li><i>Niemen</i> (1865)</li> <li><i>Niger</i> (1871)</li> <li><i>Nil</i> (1843)</li> <li><i>Nil</i> (1864)</li> <li><i>Normand</i> (1893)</li> <li><i>Océanien</i> (1884)</li> <li><i>Orénoque</i> (1874)</li> <li><i>Oronte</i> (1846)</li> <li><i>Ortegal</i> (1884)</li> <li><i>Osiris</i> (1843)</li> <li><i>Oxus</i> (1879)</li> <li><i>Pacifique</i> (1899)</li> <li><i>Parana</i> (1876)</li> <li><i>Pausilippe</i> (1857)</li> <li><i>Peï Ho</i> (1870)</li> <li><i>Peluse</i> (1863)</li> <li><i>Pericles</i> (1852)</li> <li><i>Persepolis</i> (1889)</li> <li><i>Pharamond</i> (1848)</li> <li><i>Phase</i> (1857)</li> <li><i>Philippe Auguste</i> (1845)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Polynesien_(1890)" title="SS Polynesien (1890)"><i>Polynésien</i> (1890)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Portugal_(1886)" title="SS Portugal (1886)"><i>Portugal</i> (1886)</a></li> <li><i>Quirinal</i> (1857)</li> <li><i>Saghalien</i> (1880)</li> <li><i>Said</i> (1863)</li> <li><i>Saigon</i> (1881)</li> <li><i>Saintonge</i> (1854)</li> <li><i>Salazie</i> (1883)</li> <li><i>Scamandre</i> (1836)</li> <li><i>Scamandre</i> (1868)</li> <li><i>Sénégal</i> (1870)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_aviso_S%C3%A9sostris" title="French aviso Sésostris"><i>Sésostris</i> (1836)</a></li> <li><i>Sidon</i> (1891)</li> <li><i>Simoïs</i> (1853)</li> <li><i>Sinaï</i> (1854)</li> <li><i>Sinaï</i> (1898)</li> <li><i>Sindh</i> (1869)</li> <li><i>Sully</i> (1854)</li> <li><i>Sydney</i> (1882)</li> <li><i>Tage</i> (1837)</li> <li><i>Tage</i> (1868)</li> <li><i>Tamise</i> (1854)</li> <li><i>Tamise</i> (1886)</li> <li><i>Tanais</i> (1867)</li> <li><i>Tancrede</i> (1836)</li> <li><i>Taurus</i> (1858)</li> <li><i>Telemaque</i> (1842)</li> <li><i>Thabor</i> (1843)</li> <li><i>Tibre</i> (1866)</li> <li><i>Tigre</i> (1862)</li> <li><i>Tonkin</i> (1898)</li> <li><i>Vatican</i> (1854)</li> <li><i>Ville de Ciotat</i> (1892)</li> <li><i>Ville de Pernambuco</i> (1882)</li> <li><i>Volga</i> (1864)</li> <li><i>Whangpoo</i> (1888)</li> <li><i>Yang-Tse</i> (1877)</li> <li><i>Yarra</i> (1883)</li> <li><i>Yorouba</i> (1883)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ships launched 1901–1913</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SS_F%C3%BCrst_Bismarck_(1905)" title="SS Fürst Bismarck (1905)"><i>Amboise</i> (1905)</a></li> <li><i>Amiral Pierre</i> (1905)</li> <li><i>Amiral Pierre</i> (1912)</li> <li><i>Andre Lebon</i> (1913)</li> <li><i>Andromède</i> (1911)</li> <li><i>Angers</i> (1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SMS_Wolf_(1913)" title="SMS Wolf (1913)"><i>Antinoüs</i> (1913)</a></li> <li><i>Aviateur Roland Garros</i> (1902)</li> <li><i>Azay le Rideau</i> (1910)</li> <li><i>Caobang</i> (1902)</li> <li><i>Céphée</i> (1912)</li> <li><i>Chambord</i> (1903)</li> <li><i>Claude Chappe</i> (1908)</li> <li><i>El Kantara</i> (1904)</li> <li><i>Euphrate</i> (1905)</li> <li><i>Gange</i> (1905)</li> <li><i>General Duchesne</i> (1902)</li> <li><i>General Duchesne</i> (1913)</li> <li><i>General Metzinger</i> (1906)</li> <li><i>General Voyron</i> (1905)</li> <li><i>Himalaya</i> (1902)</li> <li><i>Ispahan</i> (1900)</li> <li><i>Kouang-Si</i> (1900)</li> <li><i>Kouang-Si</i> (1904)</li> <li><i>Laos</i> (1903)</li> <li><i>Lieutenant Saint Loubert Bie</i> (1911)</li> <li><i>Louqsor</i> (1903)</li> <li><i>Maréchal Galliéni</i> (1901)</li> <li><i>Maréchal Galliéni</i> (1912)</li> <li><i>Meinam</i> (1907)</li> <li><i>Min</i> (1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Patria_(1913)" title="SS Patria (1913)"><i>Patria</i> (1913)</a></li> <li><i>Paul Leclat</i> (1911)</li> <li><i>Peï Ho</i> (1907)</li> <li><i>Pierre Loti</i> (1913)</li> <li><i>Sontay</i> (1907)</li> <li><i>Yunnan</i> (1903)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ships launched 1914–1918</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SS_Athos" title="SS Athos"><i>Athos</i> (1914)</a></li> <li><i>Capitaine Faure</i> (1917)</li> <li><i>Chef Mecanicien Mailhol</i> (1917)</li> <li><i>Commandant Dorise</i> (1917)</li> <li><i>Commandant Mages</i> (1917)</li> <li><i>Commissaire Pierre Lecocq</i> (1917)</li> <li><i>Docteur Pierre Benoit</i> (1918)</li> <li><i>Dumont D'Urville</i> (1918)</li> <li><i>Etienne de Flacourt</i> (1914)</li> <li><i>Lamartine</i> (1914)</li> <li><i>Lieutenant de Latour</i> (1917)</li> <li><i>Lieutenant de Missiessy</i> (1917)</li> <li><i>Mécanicien Donzel</i> (1917)</li> <li><i>Myre de Villers</i> (1918)</li> <li><i>Porthos</i> (1914)</li> <li><i>Providence</i> (1914)</li> <li><i>Si Kiang</i> (1915)</li> <li><i>Sphinx</i> (1914)</li> <li><i>Yalou</i> (1914)</li> <li><i>Yang-Tse</i> (1915)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ships launched 1919–1938</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Anadyr</i> (1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS_Aramis" title="MS Aramis"><i>Aramis</i> (1931)</a></li> <li><i>Astrolabe</i> (1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Athos_II_(1925)" title="SS Athos II (1925)"><i>Athos II</i> (1925)</a></li> <li><i>Bernadin de St. Pierre</i> (1924)</li> <li><i>Boussole</i> (1920)</li> <li><i>Bucéphale</i> (1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Champollion" title="SS Champollion"><i>Champollion</i> (1924)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMHS_Chantilly_(63)" title="HMHS Chantilly (63)"><i>Chantilly</i> (1922)</a></li> <li><i>Chenonceaux</i> (1922)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Commissaire_Ramel" title="SS Commissaire Ramel"><i>Commissaire Ramel</i> (1920)</a></li> <li><i>Compiègne</i> (1922)</li> <li><i>D'Artagnan</i> (1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_%C3%89ridan_(1928)" title="MV Éridan (1928)"><i>Éridan</i> (1928)</a></li> <li><i>Esperance</i> (1923)</li> <li><i>Explorateur Grandidier</i> (1924)</li> <li><i>Felix Roussel</i> (1929)</li> <li><i>Fontainbleu</i> (1923)</li> <li><i>Gascogne</i> (1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS_Georges_Philippar" title="MS Georges Philippar"><i>Georges Philippar</i> (1930)</a></li> <li><i>Jean Labourde</i> (1929)</li> <li><i>Leconte de Lisle</i> (1922)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Maréchal Joffre</i> (1931)</a></li> <li><i>Mariette Pacha</i> (1925)</li> <li><i>Oregon</i> (1929)</li> <li><i>Polynésien</i> (1930)</li> <li><i>Président Doumer</i> (1933)</li> <li><i>Recherche</i> (1923)</li> <li><i>Saggitaire</i> (1929)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Santa_F%C3%A9_(1921)" title="SS Santa Fé (1921)"><i>Saint Andre</i> (1921)</a></li> <li><i>Sontay</i> (1921)</li> <li><i>Theophile Gautier</i> (1926)</li> <li><i>Tooya</i> (1920)</li> <li><i>Ville de Amiens</i> (1924)</li> <li><i>Ville de Strasbourg</i> (1920)</li> <li><i>Ville de Verdun</i> (1920)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ships launched 1939–1945</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Albert Calmette</i> (1943)</li> <li><i>Auguste Pavie</i> (1943)</li> <li><i>Auray</i> (1944)</li> <li><i>Beauvais</i> (1943)</li> <li><i>Bresle</i> (1945)</li> <li><i>Brest</i> (1942)</li> <li><i>Briançon</i> (1943)</li> <li><i>Corsuelles</i> (1944)</li> <li><i>Falaise</i> (1944)</li> <li><i>Gia-Long</i> (1944)</li> <li><i>Grenoble</i> (1942)</li> <li><i>Huynh-Khong-An</i> (1943)</li> <li><i>Les Glieres</i> (1944)</li> <li><i>Le Verdon</i> (1943)</li> <li><i>Marseillaise</i> (1944)</li> <li><i>Monkay</i> (1944)</li> <li><i>Mortain</i> (1942)</li> <li><i>Nantes</i> (1943)</li> <li><i>Ouistreham</i> (1943)</li> <li><i>Oyonnax</i> (1943)</li> <li><i>Pigneau de Béhaine</i> (1944)</li> <li><i>Saint Marcouf</i> (1945)</li> <li><i>Saint Mère Eglise</i> (1942)</li> <li><i>Saint Nazaire</i> (1943)</li> <li><i>Saint Valery en Caux</i> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_John_B._Lennon" title="SS John B. Lennon"><i>Strasbourg</i> (1943)</a></li> <li><i>Taurus</i> (1945)</li> <li><i>Thabor</i> (1945)</li> <li><i>Vercors</i> (1942)</li> <li><i>Yersin</i> (1943)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ships launched 1946–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Ajax</i> (1968)</li> <li><i>Anadyr</i> (1947)</li> <li><i>Aquilon</i> (1968)</li> <li><i>Bir-Hakiem</i> (1946)</li> <li><i>Calédonien</i> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Stella_Solaris" title="SS Stella Solaris"><i>Cambodge</i> (1952)</a></li> <li><i>Centaur</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>Charles Tellier</i> (1951)</li> <li><i>Donaï</i> (1953)</li> <li><i>Euphrate</i> (1954)</li> <li><i>Ferdinand de Lesseps</i> (1951)</li> <li><i>Gallieni</i> (1953)</li> <li><i>Gange</i> (1953)</li> <li><i>Godavery</i> (1954)</li> <li><i>Imerina</i> (1953)</li> <li><i>Indus</i> (1950)</li> <li><i>Iraouaddy</i> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTS_Oceanos" title="MTS Oceanos"><i>Jean Labourde</i> (1952)</a></li> <li><i>Kangourou</i> (1970)</li> <li><i>Korrigan</i> (1972)</li> <li><i>Kouang-Si</i> (1957)</li> <li><i>La Bourdonnais</i> (1951)</li> <li><i>Laennec</i> (1953)</li> <li><i>Laos</i> (1952)</li> <li><i>Le Natal</i> (1955)</li> <li><i>Licorne Atlantique</i> (1973)</li> <li><i>Licorne Oceane</i> (1975)</li> <li><i>Licorne Pacifique</i> (1975)</li> <li><i>Louis Lumière</i> (1951)</li> <li><i>Malais</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>Maori</i> (1958)</li> <li><i>Marania</i> (1948)</li> <li><i>Marion Dufresne</i> (1972)</li> <li><i>Mariotte</i> (1967)</li> <li><i>Marquisien</i> (1958)</li> <li><i>Martiniquais</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>Mauricien</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>Meinam</i> (1949)</li> <li><i>Mekong</i> (1948)</li> <li><i>Moheli</i> (1963)</li> <li><i>Moonie</i> (1954)</li> <li><i>Moroni</i> (1970)</li> <li><i>Mozambique</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>Oyonnax</i> (1965)</li> <li><i>Pacifique</i> (1951)</li> <li><i>Pasteur</i> (1966)</li> <li><i>Peï Ho</i> (1950)</li> <li><i>Pierre Loti</i> (1952)</li> <li><i>Polynésie</i> (1954)</li> <li><i>Si-Kiang</i> (1957)</li> <li><i>Sindh</i> (1956)</li> <li><i>Song-Be</i> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Tahitien" title="MV Tahitien"><i>Tahitien</i> (1952)</a></li> <li><i>Tellier</i> (1972)</li> <li><i>Tigre</i> (1956)</li> <li><i>Vanoise</i> (1960)</li> <li><i>Var</i> (1964)</li> <li><i>Vaucluse</i> (1964)</li> <li><i>Velay</i> (1961)</li> <li><i>Ventoux</i> (1960)</li> <li><i>Vienne</i> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Viet-Nam" title="SS Viet-Nam"><i>Viet-Nam</i> (1951)</a></li> <li><i>Vivarais</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>Vosges</i> (1960)</li> <li><i>Yalou</i> (1958)</li> <li><i>Yang-Tse</i> (1958)</li> <li><i>Yarra</i> (1956)</li> <li><i>Zambeze</i> (1971)</li> <li><i>Zeebrugge</i> (1970)</li> <li><i>Zelande</i> (1971)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Years indicate year of launch. 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S. Grant (AP-29)"><i>U. S. Grant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Chateau_Thierry_(AP-31)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Chateau Thierry (AP-31)"><i>Chateau Thierry</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USAT_St._Mihiel" title="USAT St. Mihiel"><i>St. Mihiel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Republic_(AP-33)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Republic (AP-33)"><i>Republic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USAT_John_L._Clem" title="USAT John L. Clem"><i>John L. Clem</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_President_Cleveland_(1920)" title="SS President Cleveland (1920)"><i>Tasker H. Bliss</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hugh_L._Scott_(AP-43)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43)"><i>Hugh L. Scott</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USAT_Thomas_H._Barry" title="USAT Thomas H. Barry"><i>Thomas H. 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Dix</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Haiti_(1932)" class="mw-redirect" title="SS Haiti (1932)"><i>Alameda</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Susan_B._Anthony_(AP-72)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Susan B. Anthony (AP-72)"><i>Susan B. Anthony</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Leedstown_(AP-73)" title="USS Leedstown (AP-73)"><i>Leedstown</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lejeune_(AP-74)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Lejeune (AP-74)"><i>Lejeune</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Thurston_(AP-77)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Thurston (AP-77)"><i>Thurston</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_President_Polk_(AP-103)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS President Polk (AP-103)"><i>President Polk</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_President_Monroe_(AP-104)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS President Monroe (AP-104)"><i>President Monroe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_George_F._Elliott_(AP-105)" title="USS George F. Elliott (AP-105)"><i>George F. 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