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USS Queens (APA-103) was a Windsor-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. She was commissioned late in the war and initially assigned to transport duties; consequently she did not take part in any combat operations. Queens was named after Queens, a borough in New York City.
USS Queens (APA-103) Laid down, 2 March 1944, under as a Maritime Commission type C3-S-A3 hull under Maritime Commission contract MC hull 1677 at Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sparrows Point, MD. Launched, 12 September 1944. Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 16 December 1944 and acquired by the US Navy the same day.
Dec 16, 2021 · USS Queens was a U.S. Navy vessel that carried troops and supplies in the Pacific Theater during World War II. After the war, it became a passenger and cargo ship, a training ship, and an artificial reef in Texas.
She Led Three Lives: Queens-Excambion-Texas Clipper. USS Queens (1944 - 1946) At least 230 attack transports (APA) — the backbone of an amphibious war —sailed during the Second World War. By 2007, only five were in existence. One of the five, the only one in the Windsor class, was USS Queens (APA 103).
USS Queens. She was commissioned by the Navy as the Queens (APA-103) in December 1944, ferrying fresh troops into battle and and shuttling the wounded from Iwo Jima. The Queens was also part of the American occupation at Sasebo, Japan before being decommissioned in 1946. Learn more about the U.S.S. Queens. (PDF, 227KB)
Jan 1, 2011 · 2011-01-01. Language: English. Abstract: Starting its life as an attack transport in World War II—and one of the last five left afloat by war's end—the USS Queens saw action at Iwo Jima and other hot spots in the Pacific theater.
Apr 21, 2024 · USS Queens (APA-103) was a Windsor-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. She was commissioned late in the war and initially assigned to transport duties; consequently she did not take part in any combat operations. Queens was named after Queens, a borough in New York City.
