USS Leonard Wood
American steamship and WWII troop transport / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Leonard Wood (APA-12) was built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation and launched 17 September 1921 at Sparrows Point, Maryland as Nutmeg State, an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ship intended as a World War I troop transport, but redesigned upon the armistice as a passenger and cargo ship and completed as Western World for delivery to the United States Shipping Board. The ship's acceptance on 5 May 1922[2] and delivery on 9 May 1922 marked the completion of the wartime shipbuilding program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the Shipping Board.
USS Leonard Wood (APA-12) off California, 28 April 1944 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name |
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Namesake | Leonard Wood, US Army Chief of Staff, 1910–1914 |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel |
Yard number | 4197 |
Laid down | 29 July 1920[1] |
Launched | 17 September 1921 |
Christened | Nutmeg State, completed as Western World |
Acquired |
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Commissioned | (Navy) 10 June 1941 |
Decommissioned | 22 March 1946 |
Renamed | Leonard Wood |
Reclassified | AP-25 to APA-12, 1 February 1943 |
Stricken | 12 April 1946 |
Identification | United States official number: 222063 |
Honours and awards | Eight battle stars for World War II service |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 20 January 1948 |
Notes | Delivery of Western World marked the end of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and United States Shipping Board's World War I shipbuilding program. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Harris-class attack transport |
Displacement | 13,529 tons (lt), 21,900 t.(fl) |
Length | 535 ft 2 in |
Beam | 72 ft 4 in |
Draft | 31 ft 3 in |
Propulsion | 2 x Curtis type turbines, 8 x Yarrow header-type boilers, 2 propellers, designed shaft horsepower 12,000. |
Speed | 17.5 knots |
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Complement | Officers 67, Enlisted 657 |
Armament | 4 x 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 x twin 40mm gun mounts, 16 x single 20mm gun mounts. |
After years in commercial service on Munson Steamship Line's South American service, Western World was purchased by the War Department in 1939, converted into a transport, and renamed to serve as USAT Leonard Wood until transfer to the Navy on 3 June 1941. The ship was commissioned, classified as a transport with hull number AP-25, USS Leonard Wood with a United States Coast Guard crew on 10 June 1941. During World War II, the ship was converted into an attack transport during March 1942 and reclassified APA-12 (Harris-class). The ship was decommissioned 22 March 1946 and was sold for scrap 20 January 1948.