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<i>Berrien</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Berrien_County,_Georgia" title="Berrien County, Georgia">Berrien County, Georgia</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Berrien_County,_Michigan" title="Berrien County, Michigan">Berrien County, Michigan</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Steel" class="mw-redirect" title="Consolidated Steel">Consolidated Steel</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>23 February 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>20 May 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sponsored by</td><td>Mrs. Jack Love</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>7 October 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>8 October 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>17 May 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>1 August 1947</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Honours and<br />awards</td><td>Two <a href="/wiki/Battle_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle star">battle stars</a> for <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> service</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold for scrapping, 17 May 1966</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">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Gilliam_class_attack_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilliam class attack transport"><i>Gilliam</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Attack_transport" title="Attack transport">attack transport</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>4,247 tons (lt), 7,080 t.(fl)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>426 ft (130 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>58 ft (18 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>16 ft (4.9 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation_(1886)" class="mw-redirect" title="Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886)">Westinghouse</a> turboelectric drive, 2 boilers, 2 propellers, Design shaft horsepower 6,000</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>17 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Capacity</td><td>47 Officers, 802 Enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Crew</td><td>27 Officers, 295 Enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>1 x <a href="/wiki/5-inch/38-caliber_gun" title="5-inch/38-caliber gun">5"/38 caliber</a> dual-purpose gun mount, 4 x twin <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">40mm gun</a> mounts, 10 x single <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20mm_cannon" class="mw-redirect" title="Oerlikon 20mm cannon">20mm</a> gun mounts</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td><a href="/wiki/Maritime_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Commission">MCV</a> Hull No. 1855, hull type S4-SE2-BD1</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Berrien</i> (APA-62)</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Gilliam_class_attack_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilliam class attack transport"><i>Gilliam</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Attack_transport" title="Attack transport">attack transport</a> that served with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1966. </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_Berrien&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Berrien</i> was named after <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a> in <a href="/wiki/Berrien_County,_Georgia" title="Berrien County, Georgia">Georgia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berrien_County,_Michigan" title="Berrien County, Michigan">Michigan</a>. She was launched 20 March 1944 under a <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Commission">Maritime Commission</a> contract by the <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Steel_Corporation" title="Consolidated Steel Corporation">Consolidated Steel Corporation</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilmington, California">Wilmington, California</a>; acquired by the Navy on 7 October 1944; and commissioned on 8 October 1944. The ship was nicknamed the "Mighty B" and the "Blue Bitch". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Berrien&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Invasion_of_Iwo_Jima">Invasion of Iwo Jima</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Berrien&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Invasion of Iwo Jima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She departed <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> for operations in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific">Pacific</a> on 27 January 1945. <i>Berrien</i> arrived in time to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima" title="Battle of Iwo Jima">invasion of Iwo Jima</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Invasion_of_Okinawa">Invasion of Okinawa</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Berrien&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Invasion of Okinawa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Approximately one month later, the ship was again on her way into enemy territory with Transport Squadron 15 as part of the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Okinawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Okinawa">invasion of Okinawa</a>. On <a href="/wiki/Easter_Sunday" class="mw-redirect" title="Easter Sunday">Easter Sunday</a> morning, the <i>Berrien</i> and other ships of the task force appeared off the southwest shores of <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a> as part of a feint to throw enemy forces off balance and pave the way for the main landings on the western beaches of <a href="/wiki/Hagushi" title="Hagushi">Hagushi</a>. That morning, 2 U.S. Navy ships were hit by <a href="/wiki/Kamikaze" title="Kamikaze">kamikaze</a> planes. However, the feint succeeded and it was used again the next day. This worked well and losses were minimal. </p><p>The <i>Berrien</i> cruised offshore for about a week, waiting orders to proceed to Hagushi to unload her cargo. She was finally sent into enemy waters, accompanied by a destroyer escort and the destroyers <a href="/wiki/USS_Ammen_(DD-527)" title="USS Ammen (DD-527)">USS <i>Ammen</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Brown_(DD-546)" title="USS Brown (DD-546)">USS <i>Brown</i></a>. While en route, <i>Berrien</i> encountered a mine and had near misses by 4 torpedoes fired by a <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a>. She arrived at Okinawa and remained there for 10 days, during which she was under constant attack from shore batteries and kamikazes. She received a hit near her stacks which wounded a radioman, making him the 18th <i>Berrien</i> crewman to receive the <a href="/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart">Purple Heart</a>. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Air-sea_rescue">Air-sea rescue</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Berrien&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Air-sea rescue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From Okinawa, she sailed back to <a href="/wiki/Saipan" class="mw-redirect" title="Saipan">Saipan</a>, and received orders to head to the <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">South Pacific</a>. The crew was <a href="/wiki/Line-crossing_ceremony" title="Line-crossing ceremony">initiated</a> from 'pollywogs' into respectable 'shellbacks' at the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">Equator</a>. From Tulagi she steamed to <a href="/wiki/Noumea,_New_Caledonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Noumea, New Caledonia">Noumea, New Caledonia</a>, then back to the <a href="/wiki/Mariana_Islands" title="Mariana Islands">Mariana Islands</a>. On the morning of 3 July, on the way into Guam, she participated in the <a href="/wiki/Air-sea_rescue" title="Air-sea rescue">air-sea rescue</a> of 10 downed <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> fliers. From <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a> she returned to the US. While in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, the cease fire order was given in the Pacific theater. The war had ended. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war">Post-war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Berrien&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Post-war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Berrien</i> returned to the Pacific and headed to <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a>, then to <a href="/wiki/Aomori,_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Aomori, Aomori">Aomori</a>, Japan as part of the initial allied landings in northern <a href="/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Honshū">Honshū</a>. From there, she steamed north to <a href="/wiki/Otaru" title="Otaru">Otaru</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a>, northernmost of the main <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> home islands, for another initial landing on <a href="/wiki/Names_of_Japan" title="Names of Japan">Nippon</a> soil. At this point, the crew was asked if they wished to take part in the Bikini Atoll tests. There were not enough volunteers to man the ship, so she received orders to sail from <a href="/wiki/Otaru" title="Otaru">Otaru</a> into <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a> to take on <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marines">Marines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sailor" title="Sailor">Sailors</a> returning home. She docked in Seattle, where she received many new crew members to replace those discharged, as well as a new captain. She returned to the <a href="/wiki/Orient" title="Orient">Orient</a> and was in <a href="/wiki/Shanghai,_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Shanghai, China">Shanghai, China</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Huangpu_River" title="Huangpu River">Huangpu River</a> in February, 1946, but returned to the United States shortly afterwards. <i>Berrien</i> had 166 <a href="/wiki/Plank_owner" class="mw-redirect" title="Plank owner">plank owners</a>, and of the 321 enlisted men, 173 were with her from her commissioning, as were 20 of the 31 officers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Decommissioning">Decommissioning</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Berrien&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Decommissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She was <a href="/wiki/Ship_decommissioning" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship decommissioning">decommissioned</a> in May 1946, returned to the <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Commission">Maritime Commission</a> on 12 August 1947, and placed in the <a href="/wiki/Suisun_Bay" title="Suisun Bay">Suisun Bay</a> <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserve Fleet">Reserve Fleet</a>. She participated in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Repair_Program&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fleet Repair Program (page does not exist)">Fleet Repair Program</a> from 11 July 1955 to 28 October 1955 until returned to Suisun Bay. She was sold as scrap to Zidell Explorations, Inc. on 17 May 1966 and delivered 16 August 1966. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decorations">Decorations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Berrien&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Berrien</i> received two <a href="/wiki/Battle_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle star">battle stars</a> for <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> service in the Pacific Theatre. </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_Berrien&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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