USS Colbert
{{Short description|American attack transport}}
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USS Colbert (APA-145) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1974.
History
Colbert was launched 1 December 1944 by California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, California, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. L. G. Miller; acquired 7 February 1945 and commissioned the same day.
Colbert sailed from San Francisco, 15 April 1945 with passengers for Honolulu, where she remained from 21 April to 20 May, disembarking her original troops and loading reinforcements for Okinawa, where she arrived 7 June. She sailed on to Ulithi to load Japanese and Korean prisoners of war, with whom she returned to Pearl Harbor 28 June.
File:USS Colbert (APA-145) in dry dock, circa in 1945 (7574952).jpg
After a brief stateside overhaul, Colbert put to sea 21 July 1945 to carry troops to Ulithi and Okinawa, where she lay until 5 September. She voyaged to Jinsen, Korea, and Dairen, Manchuria, to embark Allied soldiers and sailors formerly held prisoner at Mukden, Manchuria, and returned to Okinawa 16 September.
Next day she put to sea to evade a typhoon, and that same day struck a floating mine, which caused the death of three men and damaged the ship extensively. Towed back to Okinawa 18 September, she was later towed to Guam, Pearl Harbor, and San Francisco for repairs, reaching the U.S. West Coast 30 January 1946.
=Decommissioning and fate=
On 26 February 1946, she was decommissioned and transferred to the War Shipping Administration at Suisun Bay, California. She remained in reserve fleet until she was sold for scrapping on 21 August 1974, to Nicolai Joffe Corpiration, Beverly Hills, California (USA). She was delivered on 18 September 1974.
Awards
Colbert received one battle star for World War II service.
References
{{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/colbert.html}}
External links
{{Commons category|USS Colbert (APA-145)}}
- [http://www.navsource.net/archives/10/03/03145.htm NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive – USS Colbert (APA-145)]
{{Haskell class attack transport}}
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Category:Ships built in Los Angeles
Category:Haskell-class attack transports
Category:Colbert County, Alabama
Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States