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role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other ships with the same name, see <a href="/wiki/USS_Zeilin" title="USS Zeilin">USS Zeilin</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Zeilin_APA-3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="USS Zeilin (APA-3)"><img alt="USS Zeilin (APA-3)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/USS_Zeilin_APA-3.jpg/300px-USS_Zeilin_APA-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/USS_Zeilin_APA-3.jpg/450px-USS_Zeilin_APA-3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/USS_Zeilin_APA-3.jpg/600px-USS_Zeilin_APA-3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="719" data-file-height="439" /></a></span><div>USS <i>Zeilin</i> (APA-3) in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay" title="San Francisco Bay">San Francisco Bay</a>, late 1945.</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/107px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United States</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Zeilin</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Zeilin" title="Jacob Zeilin">Jacob Zeilin</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">USMC</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Newport_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman Newport News">Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News, Virginia</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>1920</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>11 December 1920<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Marine_Review_February_1921_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Marine_Review_February_1921-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>July 1940</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>3 January 1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>19 April 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>5 June 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Nickname(s)</td><td>"The Mighty Z"</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Scrapped</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/Harris-class_attack_transport" title="Harris-class attack transport"><i>Harris</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>21,350 long tons (21,693 t)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>535 ft 2 in (163.12 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>72 ft 6 in (22.10 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>31 ft 3 in (9.53 m) (mean)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 Yarrow header-type <a href="/wiki/Boiler" title="Boiler">boilers</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 Curtis type turbines</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 shafts</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">12,000 shp (8,948 kW)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>17.5 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Capacity</td><td>190,000 cu. ft., 2,000 t</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Troops</td><td>121 Officers and 1558 Enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>29 Officers, 638 Enlisted</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;">4 × <a href="/wiki/3%22/50_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3"/50 caliber gun">3"/50 caliber guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × quad <a href="/wiki/1.1%22/75_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="1.1"/75 caliber gun">1.1"/75 caliber gun</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × twin <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">40 mm</a> gun mount</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">10 × twin <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm</a> gun mounts</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Zeilin</i> (APA-3)</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Emergency_Fleet_Corporation" title="Emergency Fleet Corporation">Emergency Fleet Corporation</a> <a href="/wiki/Design_1029_ship" title="Design 1029 ship">Design 1029 ship</a> launched for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Shipping_Board" title="United States Shipping Board">United States Shipping Board</a> (USSB) on 19 March 1921 by <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Newport_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman Newport News">Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company</a> in <a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News, Virginia</a> as <i><b>Silver State</b></i>. After operation by commercial lines for the USSB, during which the ship was renamed <i><b>President Jackson</b></i>, the ship was purchased and operated commercially until laid up in the late 1930s. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> acquired the ship in July 1940 and classified the ship as a transport, hull number AP-9. On 3 January 1942 the ship was commissioned USS <i>Zeilin</i>. On 26 November 1942 <i>Zeilin</i> was reclassified to <a href="/wiki/Harris-class_attack_transport" title="Harris-class attack transport"><i>Harris</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Attack_transport" title="Attack transport">attack transport</a>, hull number APA-3. <i>Zeilin</i> served throughout the war and was decommissioned on 19 April 1946 at <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Virginia" title="Portsmouth, Virginia">Portsmouth, Virginia</a>. The ship was delivered for scrapping on 4 May 1948. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction">Construction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Construction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Silver State</b> was constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia for delivery to the United States Shipping Board as an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 combination passenger and cargo ship.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKellar:_Steel_Shipbuilding_under_the_U._S._Shipping_Board,_1917-1921,_Part_III_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcKellar:_Steel_Shipbuilding_under_the_U._S._Shipping_Board,_1917-1921,_Part_III-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The design was a modification of a <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> troop transport design upon the end of the war. Commercially the ships were known as "535's" due to their length overall of 535 ft (163 m).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKellar:_Steel_Shipbuilding_under_the_U._S._Shipping_Board,_1917-1921,_Part_III_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcKellar:_Steel_Shipbuilding_under_the_U._S._Shipping_Board,_1917-1921,_Part_III-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship had accommodations for 280 first class passengers and 194 third class.<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. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <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_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commercial_Service">Commercial Service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Commercial Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Silver State</b> operated between <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, Washington, and the <a href="/wiki/Far_East" title="Far East">Far East</a> with the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiral_Orient_Line&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Admiral Orient Line (page does not exist)">Admiral Orient Line</a> a subsidiary of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Mail_Steamship_Company" title="Pacific Mail Steamship Company">Pacific Mail Steamship Company</a>. On 23 June 1922 the SS <i>Silver State</i> was renamed the SS <i>President Jackson</i> when the ship was purchased by the <a href="/wiki/Dollar_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Dollar Line">Dollar Line</a> owned by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Dollar" title="Robert Dollar">Robert Dollar</a>. In 1938 the SS <i>President Jackson</i> was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/American_President_Lines" title="American President Lines">American President Lines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting in 1937, the U.S. Navy studied converting the <a href="/wiki/Dollar_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Dollar Line">Dollar Line</a> 535-foot (163 m) class ships to troop transports.<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. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commissioning">Commissioning</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Commissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The SS <i>President Jackson</i> was acquired by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> in July 1940 and was renamed the <i>Zeilin</i> with the designation AP-9 after Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Zeilin" title="Jacob Zeilin">Jacob Zeilin</a> (16 July 1806–18 November 1880) who was the first <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> general.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Todd_Pacific_Shipyards" class="mw-redirect" title="Todd Pacific Shipyards">Todd Pacific Shipyards</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, Washington, reconfigured the <i>Zeilin</i> as a troop transport. Commissioning occurred on 3 January 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After a shakedown cruise and training along the west coast of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, the <i>Zeilin</i> left <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a> on 13 April 1942 transporting troops to <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a> for garrison duty and returning to San Diego on 17 June.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="South_Pacific_Force_and_Guadalcanal">South Pacific Force and Guadalcanal</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: South Pacific Force and Guadalcanal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 8 July 1942, <i>Zeilin</i> again departed San Diego and traveled via <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> to <a href="/wiki/Suva" title="Suva">Suva</a> in <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a>. At Suva, <i>Zeilin</i> prepared for the invasion of the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Zeilin</i> was flagship of Transport Division Two<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the Amphibious Force, South Pacific Force under Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Turner" class="mw-redirect" title="Kelly Turner">Kelly Turner</a> designated Task Force 62, re-designated from Task Group 61.2 under Operation Order 1—42 of 28 July issued by Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/Frank_Jack_Fletcher" title="Frank Jack Fletcher">Frank Jack Fletcher</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDyer;_v.1280,_282,_292_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDyer;_v.1280,_282,_292-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Zeilin</i>, with <a href="/wiki/USS_Betelgeuse_(AKA-11)" title="USS Betelgeuse (AKA-11)"><i>Betelgeuse</i></a> part of Transport Division Two, was ordered to sail on or about 20 July 1942 for the <a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_Area" title="South Pacific Area">South Pacific</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDyer;_v.1285_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDyer;_v.1285-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early on the morning of 7 August 1942 <i>Zeilin</i> arrived off <a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal_campaign" title="Guadalcanal campaign">Guadalcanal</a> with Task Force 62. On 8 August Marines from the <a href="/wiki/Marine_defense_battalions" title="Marine defense battalions">3rd Defense Battalion</a> were landed by <i>Zeilin</i> on <a href="/wiki/Tulagi" title="Tulagi">Tulagi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gavutu" title="Gavutu">Gavutu</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tanambogo" title="Tanambogo">Tanambogo</a>. After completing disembarkation of the Marines, <i>Zeilin</i> traveled to <a href="/wiki/Noum%C3%A9a" title="Nouméa">Nouméa</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the next two months, <i>Zeilin</i> traveled a route between Nouméa; <a href="/wiki/Espiritu_Santo" title="Espiritu Santo">Espiritu Santo</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides" title="New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a>, New Zealand. On 9 October, <i>Zeilin</i> departed Nouméa to carry troops and supplies to the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Arriving off <a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal" title="Guadalcanal">Guadalcanal</a> on 11 October, <i>Zeilin</i> began unloading at <a href="/wiki/Lunga_Point" title="Lunga Point">Lunga Point</a>. On 13 October, <i>Zeilin</i> was attacked by a Japanese shore battery; but the ship did not receive any damage. <i>Zeilin</i> returned to Nouméa on 17 October and then proceeded to Espiritu Santo before returning to <a href="/wiki/Lunga_Point" title="Lunga Point">Lunga Point</a> on 11 November.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At 09:00, the task group received a report that nine carrier bombers and 12 fighters were approaching from the northwest and would reach their vicinity at about 09:30. At about 09:20, <a href="/wiki/USS_Atlanta_(CL-51)" title="USS Atlanta (CL-51)"><i>Atlanta</i> (CL-51)</a> led the <i>Zeilin</i> and two other auxiliaries to the north, in column, with destroyers spaced in a circle around them. Fifteen minutes later, nine Japanese <a href="/wiki/Aichi_D3A" title="Aichi D3A">Aichi D3A</a> "Val" dive bombers from the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hiy%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Hiyō"><i>Hiyō</i></a> emerged from the clouds over <a href="/wiki/Honiara_International_Airport" title="Honiara International Airport">Henderson Field</a>. </p><p>At 09:40 the <i>Zeilin</i> opened fire. The Japanese airplanes dove on the <i>Zeilin</i> and released bombs at 1,200 feet (370 m). One aircraft was set on fire by <i>Zeilin's</i> guns There were three near misses registered on the ship; two on the port side - one about amidships, the other aft; and one on the starboard side at about frame 45 opposite No. 8 hatch, depth about 15–30 feet. The ship suffered severely from this bomb. The number 8 hold was flooded to the third deck; number 7 to the fourth deck. The starboard shaft was carried away. <i>Zeilin</i> took on approximately 2,000 tons of water. Examination by diver later disclosed cracked and ruptured hull plating as the cause of the flooding.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A second attack at 10:55 by 27 <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_G3M" title="Mitsubishi G3M">Mitsubishi G3M</a> bombers was repulsed with anti-aircraft fire and fighter aircraft from Henderson Field.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though damaged and listing, <i>Zeilin</i> carried casualties to <a href="/wiki/Espiritu_Santo" title="Espiritu Santo">Espiritu Santo</a> and then sailed via <a href="/wiki/Tutuila" title="Tutuila">Tutuila</a>, Samoa to <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro,_Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Pedro, Los Angeles, California">San Pedro</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. <i>Zeilin</i> arrived at the <a href="/wiki/Terminal_Island" title="Terminal Island">Terminal Island</a> Naval Shipyard (later known as the <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach_Naval_Shipyard" title="Long Beach Naval Shipyard">Long Beach Naval Shipyard</a>) on 22 December 1942 for repair. This repair work was completed in March 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Aleutian_Islands">Aleutian Islands</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Aleutian Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 17 April 1943, <i>Zeilin</i> left <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, for the <a href="/wiki/Aleutian_Islands" title="Aleutian Islands">Aleutian Islands</a>. After a six-day stop in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, California, <i>Zeilin</i> continued on and arrived at <a href="/wiki/Cold_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold Bay">Cold Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> on 1 May. Cold Bay was the rendezvous point for the <a href="/wiki/Attu_Island" title="Attu Island">Attu Island</a> invasion force. By 11 May the <i>Zeilin</i> was located off the south coast of Attu Island, at Massacre Bay. After the initial landings, <i>Zeilin</i> remained off Attu Island until 16 May. On 17 May, <i>Zeilin</i> stopped at <a href="/wiki/Adak,_Alaska" title="Adak, Alaska">Adak, Alaska</a>, before leaving on 22 May and arriving at San Diego, California, on 31 May.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 June 1943 <i>Zeilin</i> was designated as relief flagship, the battleship <a href="/wiki/USS_Pennsylvania_(BB-38)" title="USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)"><i>Pennsylvania</i></a> being the flagship, for Commander Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDyer;_v.2611_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDyer;_v.2611-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June and July 1943, <i>Zeilin</i> operated along the west coast of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> before returning to Adak on 5 August to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Cottage" title="Operation Cottage">invasion of Kiska, Alaska</a>. <i>Zeilin</i> left Adak on 26 August, arriving at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> on 2 September.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tarawa">Tarawa</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tarawa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Zeilin</i> traveled to <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, in mid-September 1943. After a five-day stay at Pearl Harbor <i>Zeilin</i> continued to <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a>, New Zealand, via <a href="/wiki/Funafuti" title="Funafuti">Funafuti</a> and <a href="/wiki/Espiritu_Santo" title="Espiritu Santo">Espiritu Santo</a> arriving on 17 October. The ship remained at Wellington before departing on 1 November and proceeding to <a href="/wiki/Efate" title="Efate">Efate</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a> where the attack force concentrated and practiced for the invasion of <a href="/wiki/Tarawa" title="Tarawa">Tarawa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 November, <i>Zeilin</i> departed Efate and arrived off <a href="/wiki/Betio" title="Betio">Betio</a> on 19 November. Early the following morning, Marines from <a href="/wiki/2nd_Battalion_2nd_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Battalion 2nd Marines">2nd Battalion 2nd Marines</a> were offloaded into landing craft from <i>Zeilin</i> for their assault. During the unloading operation <i>Zeilin</i> was under fire from Japanese shore guns. The ship did not sustain any damage from the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this operation, <a href="/wiki/Commander_(United_States)#Naval_rank" title="Commander (United States)">Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Benjamin_Fitzpatrick" title="Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick">Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick</a> was in command of the ship.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDyer;_v.2685_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDyer;_v.2685-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Kwajalein_Atoll">Kwajalein Atoll</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Kwajalein Atoll"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Zeilin</i> returned to Pearl Harbor at the beginning of December 1943 to reload for the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a> operation leaving on 22 January 1944 with the Southern Attack Force. <i>Zeilin</i> arrived at <a href="/wiki/Kwajalein" class="mw-redirect" title="Kwajalein">Kwajalein</a> Atoll on 31 January. Unloading elements of the Army's <a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="7th Infantry Division (United States)">7th Infantry Division</a>, <i>Zeilin</i> departed on 2 February arriving at <a href="/wiki/Funafuti" title="Funafuti">Funafuti</a>, on 8 February.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Southwest_Pacific_and_the_Solomon_Islands">Southwest Pacific and the Solomon Islands</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Southwest Pacific and the Solomon Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the next three months, <i>Zeilin</i> carried troops and supplies for units operating in the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a> and in <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>. During this time period <i>Zeilin</i> visited <a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal" title="Guadalcanal">Guadalcanal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bougainville_Island" title="Bougainville Island">Bougainville</a> in the Solomon Islands, <a href="/wiki/Espiritu_Santo" title="Espiritu Santo">Espiritu Santo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milne_Bay" title="Milne Bay">Milne Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cape_Sudest" title="Cape Sudest">Cape Sudest</a> on New Guinea, and the newly conquered <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Islands" title="Admiralty Islands">Admiralty Islands</a>. On 10 May 1944, <i>Zeilin</i> returned to Guadalcanal to prepare for the invasion of the <a href="/wiki/Mariana_Islands" title="Mariana Islands">Mariana Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mariana_Islands">Mariana Islands</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Mariana Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Task Force 53, including <i>Zeilin</i>, departed the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a> on 4 June carrying Marines of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Provisional_Marine_Brigade" title="1st Provisional Marine Brigade">1st Provisional Marine Brigade</a>. <i>Zeilin</i> initially waited east of Guam during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea" title="Battle of the Philippine Sea">Battle of the Philippine Sea</a>. Later the Marines on <i>Zeilin</i> functioned as a floating reserve. Leaving the Marianas Islands on 30 June, <i>Zeilin</i> arrived at the <a href="/wiki/Eniwetok" class="mw-redirect" title="Eniwetok">Eniwetok</a> Atoll in the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a> on 3 July. After 15 days, <i>Zeilin</i> left Eniwetok and joined other transports carrying troops from <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>. <i>Zeilin</i> arrived off Guam on 22 July and unloaded the Marines over four days departing on 26 July.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Zeilin</i> stopped overnight at Eniwetok again on 29 July before arriving at Pearl Harbor on 7 August. Then after three days, <i>Zeilin</i> departed for the west coast of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> arriving at <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> for a three-month overhaul.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Southwest_Pacific">Southwest Pacific</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Southwest Pacific"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 21 October 1944, <i>Zeilin</i> departed San Francisco arriving at <a href="/wiki/Finschhafen" title="Finschhafen">Finschhafen</a> on the west coast of <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a> on 6 November. <i>Zeilin</i> visited <a href="/wiki/Langemak_Bay" title="Langemak Bay">Langemak Bay</a> and Hollandia (now known as <a href="/wiki/Jayapura" title="Jayapura">Jayapura</a>) before arriving at Nouméa on 22 November.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Philippine_Islands">Philippine Islands</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Philippine Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Zeilin</i> loaded elements of the Army's <a href="/wiki/25th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="25th Infantry Division (United States)">25th Infantry Division</a> at Nouméa and departed for <a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal" title="Guadalcanal">Guadalcanal</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a> in December 1944. At Guadalcanal, the task group including the <i>Zeilin</i> conducted training exercises. The task group left Guadalcanal on 25 December arriving at <a href="/wiki/Manus_Island" title="Manus Island">Manus</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Islands" title="Admiralty Islands">Admiralty Islands</a> on 29 December.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 January 1945, <i>Zeilin</i> left Manus and arrived off <a href="/wiki/San_Fabian,_Pangasinan" title="San Fabian, Pangasinan">San Fabian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Islands">Philippine Islands</a> on 11 January. After offloading <i>Zeilin</i> departed on 12 January in convoy. The next morning, a single Japanese <a href="/wiki/Kamikaze" title="Kamikaze">kamikaze</a> aircraft attacked the convoy missing the amphibious command ship <a href="/wiki/USS_Mount_Olympus" title="USS Mount Olympus"><i>Mount Olympus</i> (AGC-8)</a> and striking <i>Zeilin</i>. The right wing of the Japanese aircraft struck cargo loading equipment next to the number 6 cargo hatch. The fuselage crashed into the starboard side of the housetop. Incendiary weapons carried by the aircraft exploded and started several fires on the ship. Topside damage to the <i>Zeilin</i> was extensive. The superstructure deck was destroyed, deck framing was damaged, and several staterooms were destroyed. The aircraft's engine pierced the deck, the outboard bulkhead and landed in a landing craft carried by the <i>Zeilin</i>. Seven crew members were killed, three crew members were declared missing, and 30 crew members were injured. After the attack <i>Zeilin</i> continued with the convoy and arrived at <a href="/wiki/Leyte" title="Leyte">Leyte</a> island in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. After receiving temporary repairs at Leyte, <i>Zeilin</i> departed on 16 February arriving at <a href="/wiki/Ulithi" title="Ulithi">Ulithi</a> Atoll in the <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Islands" title="Caroline Islands">Caroline Islands</a> on 18 February.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Iwo_Jima">Iwo Jima</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Iwo Jima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Zeilin</i> traveled to <a href="/wiki/Iwo_Jima" title="Iwo Jima">Iwo Jima</a> Island arriving on 9 March with reinforcements. On 16 March <i>Zeilin</i> departed Iwo Jima arriving at Pearl Harbor on 12 April. <i>Zeilin</i> left Pearl on 17 April and arrived in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, on 23 April.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ulithi">Ulithi</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Ulithi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following two months of repairs in San Francisco, <i>Zeilin</i> departed on 30 June 1945 arriving at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, California on 1 July. On 8 July, <i>Zeilin</i> departed San Diego for <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, Washington. Departing from Seattle on 23 July, <i>Zeilin</i> arrived at <a href="/wiki/Eniwetok" class="mw-redirect" title="Eniwetok">Eniwetok</a> Atoll on 4 August. <i>Zeilin</i> stayed until 7 August before moving on to <a href="/wiki/Ulithi" title="Ulithi">Ulithi</a> Atoll.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_World_War_II_Service">Post World War II Service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Post World War II Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Philippine_Islands_and_Korea">Philippine Islands and Korea</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Philippine Islands and Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After hostilities ceased on 15 August 1945 <i>Zeilin</i> departed <a href="/wiki/Ulithi" title="Ulithi">Ulithi</a> Atoll on 17 August arriving at <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa Island</a> on 21 August. <i>Zeilin</i> left Okinawa on 29 August bound for <a href="/wiki/Leyte" title="Leyte">Leyte</a>. During September, <i>Zeilin</i> transported cargo and passengers within the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Islands">Philippine Islands</a>. In October, <i>Zeilin</i> was tasked to carry the Army's 106th Regimental Combat Team to occupation duty at <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Jinsen, Korea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="West_Coast">West Coast</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: West Coast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Departing from Jinsen, <i>Zeilin</i> made stops at <a href="/wiki/Ulithi" title="Ulithi">Ulithi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a> before arriving at <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> on 14 November. For the remainder of 1945 and through January 1946, <i>Zeilin</i> traveled between <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, San Francisco, <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro,_Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Pedro, Los Angeles, California">San Pedro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bremerton" class="mw-redirect" title="Bremerton">Bremerton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_(U.S._state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington (U.S. state)">Washington</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Decommissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 4 February 1946, <i>Zeilin</i> departed <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro,_Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Pedro, Los Angeles, California">San Pedro</a> and transited the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a> on 14 February before arriving on 21 February at <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. <i>Zeilin</i> was decommissioned at Portsmouth, Virginia, on 19 April 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disposal">Disposal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Disposal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Zeilin</i> was struck from the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Vessel_Register" title="Naval Vessel Register">Navy List</a> on 5 June 1946. <i>Zeilin</i> was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Maritime_Commission" title="United States Maritime Commission">United States Maritime Commission</a> on 3 July 1946 for disposal. On 4 May 1948 she was delivered to American Shipbreaker, Inc., for scrapping.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Zeilin</i> earned eight <a href="/wiki/Battle_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle star">battle stars</a> for her World War II service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><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-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Other ships of the division were: <a href="/wiki/USS_Crescent_City" title="USS Crescent City"><i>Crescent City</i> (AP-40)</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_President_Hayes" title="USS President Hayes"><i>President Hayes</i> (AP-39)</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_President_Adams" title="USS President Adams"><i>President Adams</i> (AP-38)</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_President_Jackson" title="USS President Jackson"><i>President Jackson</i> (AP-37)</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Alhena" title="USS Alhena"><i>Alhena</i> (AK-26)</a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Betelgeuse_(AKA-11)" title="USS Betelgeuse (AKA-11)"><i>Betelgeuse</i> (AK-28)</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <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_Zeilin_(APA-3)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Marine_Review_February_1921-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Marine_Review_February_1921_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThe_Marine_Review_February_1921">The Marine Review February 1921</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcKellar:_Steel_Shipbuilding_under_the_U._S._Shipping_Board,_1917-1921,_Part_III-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKellar:_Steel_Shipbuilding_under_the_U._S._Shipping_Board,_1917-1921,_Part_III_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKellar:_Steel_Shipbuilding_under_the_U._S._Shipping_Board,_1917-1921,_Part_III_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMcKellar:_Steel_Shipbuilding_under_the_U._S._Shipping_Board,_1917-1921,_Part_III">McKellar: Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part III</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-20"><sup><i><b>u</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-21"><sup><i><b>v</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-22"><sup><i><b>w</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-23"><sup><i><b>x</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-24"><sup><i><b>y</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-25"><sup><i><b>z</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-26"><sup><i><b>aa</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-27"><sup><i><b>ab</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-28"><sup><i><b>ac</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_''Zeilin''_3-29"><sup><i><b>ad</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships:_Zeilin">Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: <i>Zeilin</i></a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDyer;_v.1280,_282,_292-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDyer;_v.1280,_282,_292_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDyer;_v.1">Dyer; 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