USNS Marine Phoenix
ship built in 1945
USS Marine Phoenix (T-AP-195) was a Marine Adder-class transport that saw service with the US Navy for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas. She was of the C4-S-A3 design type.
Construction
Marine Phoenix, approved 18 April 1944, was laid down by Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, Washington, 16 December 1944, as MC Hull no. 2365; launched 9 August 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas M. Robins; and delivered to her operator, Moore-McCormack Lines, 9 November 1945.
Service history
The ship operated as a War Shipping Administration (WSA) troop transport from 27 October 1945 delivery until 1946. On 12 December 1945 Marine Phoenix departed Seattle, Washington with occupation troops for Nagoya Japan. There she embarked homeward‑bound veterans of the Pacific campaigns and departed for Seattle 4 January arriving 16 January 1946. After voyage repairs During the next five months she continued trooplift runs out of Seattle, to Japan, Korea, China, the Marianas, and the Hawaiian Islands. In 1947, she entered the Maritime Commission Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, California, where she remained for 3 years.
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