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USS Knox (APA-46)
USS ''Knox'' (APA-46) was a in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. in 1947, she was sold into commercial service and was finally scrapped in 1971. History USS ''Knox'' was named for counties in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. The vessel was laid down by Ingalls Shipbuilding under a Maritime Commission contract, and launched 17 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. R.K. Forde. She was fitted out as an attack transport at Bethlehem Steel in Brooklyn, New York and commissioned as USS ''Knox'' (APA-46) on 4 March 1944. ''Knox'' was originally classified as troop transport AP-91 and re-classified APA-46 on 1 February 1943. Pacific War After shakedown, Knox departed Naval Base Norfolk on 6 April 1944 for the Pacific Ocean, Pacific, arriving Pearl Harbor 23 April with United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marines and Seabees embarked. Assigned to the 5th Amphibious Force, the transport sailed 29 May as part of Task Force 52 bou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Maritime Commission
The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which was passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and was abolished on May 24, 1950. The commission replaced the United States Shipping Board which had existed since World War I. It was intended to formulate a merchant shipbuilding program to design and build five hundred modern merchant cargo ships to replace the World War I vintage vessels that comprised the bulk of the United States Merchant Marine, and to administer a subsidy system authorized by the Act to offset the cost differential between building in the U.S. and operating ships under the American flag. It also formed the United States Maritime Service for the training of seagoing ship's officers to man the new fleet. As a symbol of the rebirth of the U.S. Merchant Marine and Merchant Shipbuilding under the Merchant Marine Act, the first vessel contracted for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |