Uss Clarendon (Apa 72)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Clarendon (APA-72) was a Gilliam-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Clarendon was named after a county in South Carolina. She was launched 12 September 1944 by Consolidated Steel at Wilmington, California, under a Maritime Commission contract; commissioned 14 December 1944, Lieutenant Commander E. A. Stroik, USNR, in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet. Returning to Ulithi, she put to sea 22 April to carry combat cargo to Okinawa, off which she lay to discharge 26 to 30 April. On the 28th, she drove away enemy aircraft with her intensive gunfire. Returning to the west coast 22 May 1945, Clarendon made three voyages from San Diego and San Francisco to Pearl Harbor, carrying passengers and cargo in both directions. On 29 July she got underway from San Francisco.