>From the “Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships,” 

(1969) Vol. 4, p.487; (1970) Vol. 5, p.413.





QUEENS



	Queens:  A borough of New York, N.Y.





APA-103



Displacement: 13,200 t. (full load)

Length:  473’1”

Beam:  66’

Draft:  25’

Speed:  17 k.

Complement:  476

Armament:  2 5”; 8 40mm

Class:  WINDSOR

Maritime Commission Standard Type:  C3-S-A3





	Class Statistics



WINDSOR Class (APA 55,56,91,97,98,103,105)



Overall Length:  473’1”

Extreme Beam:  66’

Trial Displacement:  13,143 t.

Limiting Draft:  25’

Trial Speed:  18.6 k. 

Accommodations:  (APA 55,97)

	Ship’s Company:  

		Officer:  54

		Enlisted:  498 

	Troop Capacity:

		Officer:  91

		Enlisted:  1,420

Accommodations:  (APA 56)

	Ship’s Company:

		Officer:  91

		Enlisted:  522

	Troop Capacity:

		Officer:  91

		Enlisted:  1,496

Accommodations:  (APA 98,103,105)

	Ship’s Company:

		Officer:  42

		Enlisted:  434 

	Troop Capacity:

		Officer:  94

		Enlisted:  1,463

Cargo Capacity:  150,000 cu.ft.; 1,600 t.

Armament:  (Aug 1945)

	 1 5”/38, all ships

	 2 40mm single mounts, all ships

	 2 20mm twin mounts, all ships

	18 20mm single mounts (APA 55,91,97,98,103,105)

Engines:  Geared turbine drive

	Bethlehem

Boilers:  2 each

	Babcock & Wilcox; header-type

Propulsion:

	Propellers:  1

	Designed Shaft Horsepower:  8,000





	QUEENS (APA-103) was laid down 2 March 1944 as MC hull 

1677 by Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sparrows Point, Md.; launched 

12 September 1944; sponsored by Miss Jeanne L Fogle; 

acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on loan 

charter 16 December 1944; and commissioned 16 December 1944, 

Capt. John J. Mockrish, USNR, in command.



	Following shakedown and amphibious training in 

Chesapeake Bay, QUEENS reported for duty at Queens, N.Y., to 

Commander, Task Force 29, 15 January l945.  Sailing via 

Norfolk, Va., and the Panama Canal, she arrived Pearl Harbor 

7 February.



	After training, she departed Pearl Harbor 2 March, 

carrying 1,250 Army and Navy troops.  Arriving via Eniwetok, 

she debarked troops at Iwo Jima 26 March.  She began medical 

treatment for Iwo Jima casualties 30 March.  Departing Iwo 

Jima 12 April with 1,500 Marines, she proceeded via Guam, 

Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor to Hilo, Hawaii, where she 

debarked troops 25 April.



	Following amphibious training, she left Pearl Harbor 

for San Francisco 23 May, and proceeded to Everett, Wash., 

for repairs.  Sailing back to action via Pearl Harbor, she 

delivered troops and cargo to Saipan 11 July.  After 

steaming non-stop from Saipan to San Francisco, arriving 

25 July, she delivered troops to Pearl Harbor 11 August.  

Loaded with 5th Amphibious personnel, she debarked 

occupation troops at Sasebo, Japan, 22 September, and then 

embarked Army infantrymen in the Philippines, before 

returning to the United States.



	Assigned to inactive status in September 1945, QUEENS 

arrived Norfolk, Va., 29 April 1946, decommissioned l0 June, 

and was redelivered to the War Shipping Administration 

11 June.  She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register 

19 June 1946.





Transcribed by Michael Hansen

mhansen2@home.com