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County, Georgia</a></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">Launched</td><td>9 April 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sponsored by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Claudette_Colbert" title="Claudette Colbert">Claudette Colbert</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>22 August 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>22 August 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>20 December 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>4 April 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>Scrapped 1969</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><i>Gilliam</i>-class <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>16.9 <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>86 Officers 1,475 Enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Crew</td><td>47 Officers, 802 Enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>1 x <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5"/38 caliber</a> dual-purpose gun mount, 4 x twin <a 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She was scrapped in 1969. </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_Appling&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Appling</i> was laid down under a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Maritime_Commission" title="United States Maritime Commission">Maritime Commission</a> contract (MC hull 1851) at <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilmington, California">Wilmington, California</a>, by the <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Steel_Corporation" title="Consolidated Steel Corporation">Consolidated Steel Corporation</a>; launched on 9 April 1944; sponsored by famed moving picture actress, <a href="/wiki/Claudette_Colbert" title="Claudette Colbert">Claudette Colbert</a>; and simultaneously acquired by the Navy and placed in commission on 22 August 1944. </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_Appling&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following shakedown training off the <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> coast, <i>Appling</i> sailed for <a href="/wiki/Finschhafen" title="Finschhafen">Finschhafen</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>, on 17 October. She was forced to stop at <a href="/wiki/Purvis_Bay" title="Purvis Bay">Purvis Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Island">Florida Island</a>, for engine repairs, but finally reached Finschhafen on 14 November. The ship then carried out training exercises in <a href="/wiki/Yos_Sudarso_Bay" title="Yos Sudarso Bay">Humboldt Bay</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Invasion_of_Luzon">Invasion of Luzon</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Appling&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Invasion of Luzon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 25 December, the ship embarked troops of the 6th Army at <a href="/wiki/Jayapura" title="Jayapura">Hollandia</a>. <i>Appling</i> sortied for the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> on 3 January 1945 with Task Group 77.9, a part of the <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a> invasion force. She anchored in the <a href="/wiki/Lingayen_Gulf" title="Lingayen Gulf">Lingayen Gulf</a> transport area on 11 January and began discharging troops east of <a href="/wiki/San_Fabian,_Pangasinan" title="San Fabian, Pangasinan">San Fabian</a>. Later that evening, the transport joined other ships in splashing an enemy aircraft 2,000 yards off her <a href="/wiki/Starboard" class="mw-redirect" title="Starboard">starboard</a> quarter. The next day, she retired to <a href="/wiki/Leyte_Gulf" title="Leyte Gulf">Leyte Gulf</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_Appling&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Invasion of Okinawa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the next two months, the ship remained in the waters of Leyte Gulf carrying out training exercises. Late in March, she took on cargo and personnel earmarked for Operation "Iceberg," the assault on the <a href="/wiki/Ryukyus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryukyus">Ryukyus</a>. On 27 March, the ship left with Transport Squadron (TransRon) 13 of the Southern Assault Force, bound for <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a>. </p><p><i>Appling</i> arrived off that island early on 1 April and, at 0605, began lowering her boats, which were used by troops from other vessels. <i>Appling</i> debarked her own troops from 3 to 7 April and then retired to <a href="/wiki/Kerama_Retto" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerama Retto">Kerama Retto</a>. She served as a receiving ship there until the 12th, when she returned to Okinawa. On the 14th, the ship got underway for <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>. </p><p>Following a brief stop at <a href="/wiki/Saipan" class="mw-redirect" title="Saipan">Saipan</a>, <i>Appling</i> reached <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> on 2 May and, the next day, sailed for the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. The ship arrived at <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro,_Los_Angeles" title="San Pedro, Los Angeles">San Pedro, Los Angeles</a>, on the 10th, and began voyage repairs. On 7 June, she proceeded to <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>, for refresher training. </p><p>The ship set sail on 16 June for <a href="/wiki/Majuro_Atoll" class="mw-redirect" title="Majuro Atoll">Majuro Atoll</a>, Marshall Islands, and continued on to <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a> in mid-July. She then reversed her course and returned to the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="West Coast of the United States">west coast</a>. <i>Appling</i> reached <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> on 29 July. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_hostilities">After hostilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Appling&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: After hostilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After almost a month of repairs, during which the hostilities ended, <i>Appling</i> got underway on 28 August and headed via <a href="/wiki/Eniwetok" class="mw-redirect" title="Eniwetok">Eniwetok</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Mariana_Islands" title="Mariana Islands">Marianas</a>. Following a stop at Guam, she moved to Saipan where she took on elements of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Marine Division (United States)">2nd Marine Division</a> scheduled for occupation duties in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. </p><p>On 23 September, <i>Appling</i> arrived at <a href="/wiki/Nagasaki,_Nagasaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagasaki, Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a> in company with other units of TransRon 12. Five days later, the ship sailed to the Philippines and carried troops from <a href="/wiki/Subic_Bay" title="Subic Bay">Subic Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sasebo,_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sasebo, Japan">Sasebo, Japan</a>. <i>Appling</i> left Sasebo on 19 October and set a course back to the United States carrying homecoming veterans. </p><p>The transport arrived at Portland, Oregon on 27 November for upkeep. <i>Appling</i> sailed back to the Philippines in early January 1946 to carry more troops home to the United States. The ship left Philippine waters on 4 February and transited to Pearl Harbor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Crossroads">Operation Crossroads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Appling&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Operation Crossroads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Appling</i> was next assigned to the target fleet for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Crossroads" title="Operation Crossroads">Operation Crossroads</a>, tests at <a href="/wiki/Bikini_Atoll" title="Bikini Atoll">Bikini Atoll</a> in the Marshall Islands to determine the effects of <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Atomic bomb">atomic bomb</a> explosions upon ships. <i>Appling</i> arrived at Bikini on 2 June and operated in the area of that atoll through 15 August, but was never utilized as a target. </p><p>After touching at Pearl Harbor on the 15th, the ship continued on to the west coast for a series of <a href="/wiki/Radiation" title="Radiation">radiological</a> clearance tests held at San Francisco and San Pedro, California. She touched at <a href="/wiki/Port_Hueneme" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Hueneme">Port Hueneme</a>, California, on 26 September, to take on cargo for transportation to Pearl Harbor. However, before the ship was loaded, she was ordered to proceed to the east coast for deactivation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decommission">Decommission</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Appling&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Decommission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Appling</i> transited the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a> on 22 November and arrived in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>, on 30 November. She was decommissioned on 20 December 1946 at the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard" title="Norfolk Naval Shipyard">Norfolk Naval Shipyard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Virginia" title="Portsmouth, Virginia">Portsmouth, Virginia</a>. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 4 April 1947, and the ship was transferred to the Maritime Commission on 31 March 1948. </p><p>The ship was laid up in the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Reserve_Fleet" title="National Defense Reserve Fleet">National Defense Reserve Fleet</a> until 9 September 1954, when she was consigned to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arrow_Steamship_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arrow Steamship Company (page does not exist)">Arrow Steamship Company</a>. She was returned to the National Defense Reserve Fleet on 12 December 1954 and was berthed in the <a href="/wiki/James_River_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="James River (Virginia)">James River</a>. The ship was scrapped at Philadelphia in 1969. </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_Appling&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Appling</i> earned two <a href="/wiki/Battle_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle star">battle stars</a> for her <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> service. </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_Appling&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/APA/apa58.html">USS <i>Appling</i> (APA-58)</a>, Hyperwar website (from DANFS)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03058.htm">APA-58 <i>Appling</i></a>, Navsource Online.</li></ul> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text from the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> </i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships" title="Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships">Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships</a><i>. 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gilliam_(APA-57)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Gilliam (APA-57)"><i>Gilliam</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Appling</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Audrain" title="USS Audrain"><i>Audrain</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Banner_(APA-60)" title="USS Banner (APA-60)"><i>Banner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Barrow" title="USS Barrow"><i>Barrow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Berrien" title="USS Berrien"><i>Berrien</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bladen" title="USS Bladen"><i>Bladen</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bracken_(APA-64)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Bracken (APA-64)"><i>Bracken</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Briscoe_(APA-65)" title="USS Briscoe (APA-65)"><i>Briscoe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Brule_(APA-66)" title="USS Brule (APA-66)"><i>Brule</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Burleson_(APA-67)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Burleson (APA-67)"><i>Burleson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Butte_(APA-68)" title="USS Butte (APA-68)"><i>Butte</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Carlisle_(APA-69)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Carlisle (APA-69)"><i>Carlisle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Carteret_(APA-70)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Carteret (APA-70)"><i>Carteret</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Catron_(APA-71)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Catron (APA-71)"><i>Catron</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Clarendon_(APA-72)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Clarendon (APA-72)"><i>Clarendon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cleburne_(APA-73)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Cleburne (APA-73)"><i>Cleburne</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Colusa_(APA-74)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Colusa (APA-74)"><i>Colusa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cortland_(APA-75)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Cortland (APA-75)"><i>Cortland</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Crenshaw_(APA-76)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Crenshaw 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