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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USSScribner |
| Namesake | James M. Scribner (1920–1941) |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company,Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 29 June 1944 |
| Launched | 1 August 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Theresa J. Scribner |
| Commissioned | 20 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 15 November 1946 |
| Reclassified | Fromdestroyer escort (DE-689) tohigh-speed transport (APD-122) 17 July 1944 |
| Stricken | 1 August 1966 |
| Honors and awards | Onebattle star for World War II service |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 6 September 1967 |
| Notes | Laid down asRudderow-classdestroyer escort USSScribner (DE-689) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Crosley-classhigh speed transport |
| Displacement | 2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
| Speed | 23knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Troops | 162 |
| Complement | 204 |
| Armament |
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USSScribner (APD-122), ex-DE-689, was aUnited States Navyhigh-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946.
James M. Scribner was born on 25 June 1920 atStevens Point,Wisconsin. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1940. Assigned toPatrol Squadron 101,Radioman Third Class Scribner was killed in action during an attack onImperial Japanese Navy forces and shore installations onJolo Island in thePhilippine Islands on 26 December 1941. He was posthumously awarded theAir Medal.
Scribner was laid down as theRudderow-classdestroyer escort USSScribner (DE-689) on 29 June 1944 by theBethlehem Shipbuilding Company atQuincy, Massachusetts, and was reclassified as aCrosley-classhigh-speed transport and redesignated APD-122 on 17 July 1944. She waslaunched on 1 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Theresa J. Scribner, the mother of the ship's namesake. After conversion for her new role, she wascommissioned on 20 November 1944.
Aftershakedown,Scribner departedNorfolk, Virginia, on 12 January 1945, escorting therepair shipUSS Vulcan toPanama and then proceeding toPearl Harbor,Territory of Hawaii, where she arrived on 6 February 1945. She underwent training with her embarkedunderwater demolition team atMaui between 11 February 1945 and 13 February 1945, and then moved toLeyte in thePhilippine Islands for further training.
Scribner arrived offOkinawa with the invasion force on 26 March 1945, and that night began underwater demolition teamreconnaissance operations with hersister ship, the high-speed transportUSS Kinzer, atKerama Retto. Her embarkedUnited States Marines also examined theEastern Islands andMenna Shima before disembarking on Okinawa on 18 April 1945.Scribner then continued support to theOkinawa campaign, commencing patrol duty around thetransportanchorage which lasted until 15 May 1945, when she departed Okinawa for upkeep atGuam.
Upkeep completed,Scribner returned to Okinawa on 7 June 1945 and resumed her patrol duty around the transport anchorage. She conducted an underwater demolition team survey ofKure Shima on 13 and 14 June 1945, then returned to patrol duty at the transport anchorage until 22 July 1945, when she departed to return to the United States to undergo underwater demolition team training forOperation Olympic, the planned November 1945 invasion ofKyūshū, Japan. However, thesurrender of Japan ended World War II on 15 August 1945 – 14 August 1945 on the eastern side of theInternational Date Line in the United States—the day before she arrived in the United States, making the scheduled training unnecessary.
Her training cancelled,Scribner instead underwent three weeks of overhaul atSan Pedro, California. Upon its completion, she departed theUnited States West Coast on 7 September 1945 and, after making severallogistics voyages in theWestern Pacific, arrived atManila onLuzon in the Philippine Islands on 19 October 1945.
Scribner was then assigned to escort a group of American transports which was to load Chinese troops atHaiphong,French Indochina, and disembark them atDairen in north China to disarm Japanese troops in that area. Political difficulties delayed theconvoy's departure from Manila until 30 October 1945, and the Chinese troops were finally disembarked atQinhuangdao, China, an alternate location, on 12 November 1945.Scribner then escorted the transports toTaku on 14 November 1945, and served there as headquarters ship for the port director between 24 November and 4 December 1945, and as radio guardship there until 19 January 1946.
Scribner moved toQingdao, China, on 20 January 1946, and departed for Haiphong on 21 March 1946. She was relieved there on 11 April 1946 and began the long trip to the United States on 12 April 1946, arriving atCharleston, South Carolina, on 1 July 1946 for inactivation.
Scribner wasdecommissioned on 15 November 1946 and placed inreserve. She was stricken from theNaval Vessel Register on 1 August 1966 and sold on 6 September 1967 toGregg, Gibson, and Gregg, Inc., ofMiami, Florida, for scrapping.
Scribner received onebattle star for World War II service.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
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