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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Oneida |
| Namesake | |
| Ordered | as aType VC2-S-AP5 hull,MCE hull 569[1] |
| Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation,Richmond, California |
| Yard number | 569[1] |
| Laid down | 30 September 1944 |
| Launched | 31 October 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs Victor E. Cole |
| Commissioned | 4 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 27 December 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1958 |
| Identification |
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| Honors & awards | 1 ×battle star for World War II service |
| Fate | Scrapped 1975 |
| General characteristics[2] | |
| Class & type | Haskell-classattack transport |
| Type | Type VC2-S-AP5 |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 17.7 kn (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Capacity |
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| Troops | 86 officers, 1,475 enlisted |
| Complement | 56 officers, 480 enlisted |
| Armament |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | TransRon 23 |
| Operations: | Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (3–28 June 1945) |
| Awards: | |
USSOneida (APA-221) was aHaskell-classattack transport in service with theUnited States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1975.
ONeidae was of the VC2-S-AP5Victory ship, built asSSOneida Victory, design type and named afterOneida County, Idaho,Oneida County, New York andOneida County, Wisconsin (the name "Oneida" itself originates from anIroquoian Indian tribe living in New York state and its environs). The ship was approved for construction on 26 May 1944, laid down 30 September 1944, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCV hull 569, byPermanente Metals Corporation, Yard No. 2,Richmond, California; and launched 31 October 1944. She was acquired by the Navy on a loan-charter basis, and accepted and commissioned on 4 December 1944.[3]
Aftershakedown,Oneida embarked troops and sailed forPearl Harbor on 30 January 1945, arriving 6 February. On 13 February, she was underway again, laden with troops en route toEniwetok. From Eniwetok, she steamed toUlithi and arrived on 28 February, joining the armada of ships at anchor there. As far as the eye could see, stretched the vast and growing Task Force 58 which was preparing for a drive into theJapanese home islands.[3]
On 27 March,Oneida sailed forGuam carrying survivors of aircraft carrierUSS Franklin (CV-13). The next day, she discharged theFranklin'sMarine air groups and picked up casualties of the bloody fight onIwo Jima and headed back to Pearl Harbor. Leaving the wounded in Pearl, she took on board a large contingent of the10th Army bound forOkinawa.[3]
ApproachingOkinawa on 23 May,Oneida was ordered to stand off as the island came under attack from one of its frequentkamikaze raids. Within the first 24 hours of her arrival,Oneida witnessed 56 separate raids on the island. Finally on 3 June,Oneida was called in and discharged her passengers under continuing Japanese air raids.[3]
Oneida departed Okinawa on 6 June, and returned on 24 June, withUS Army replacements and8th Air Corps personnel. Discharging these, she took on board 1,050 Japaneseprisoners, and in company with attack transportGrafton, also loaded with prisoners, she sailed for Pearl Harbor. The prisoners were transferred to a camp in Pearl 13 July, andOneida was again loaded with Army troops.[3]
En route to Okinawa, she made a stop at Ulithi and while anchored there received word ofJapan's acceptance of unconditional surrender. With the status of her passengers changed to that of "occupation troops",Oneida proceeded to Okinawa, arriving 22 August.[3]
From 5 September to 18 November,Oneida distributed occupation forces throughout theFar East, fromHollandia toKorea and China. From 18 November 1945 to 16 June 1946,Oneida participated inOperation Magic Carpet, returning veterans to the states and taking replacements overseas for occupation duty.[3]
From 16 June to 27 December,Oneida performed services in local operations off the West Coast.[3]
On 27 December 1946, she was placed out of commission, in reserve, and placed in thePacific Reserve Fleet, Long Beach. She was struck 1 October 1958, from theNaval Vessel Register. On 8 October 1958,Oneida was transferred to theMaritime Administration (MARAD) where she was laid up at in theSuisun Bay Reserve Fleet,Benicia, California.[2] On 8 May 1975,Oneida was sold toGeneral Metals of Tacoma, Inc., under a "non-transportation use" (NTU) or scrap contract, for $256,000. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 9 July 1975.[4]
Oneida earned onebattle stars for services in World War II.[3]
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