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Tuesday, 14 September 2021

American mechanized-artillery transport USS White Marsh (APM8/LSD-8) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Contracted by Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, California, USA. Gain percentage completion for April 1942=0.5. Gain percentage completion for April 1942 1.5. Number of months between keel laying and completion 11.5. Contracted date of completion 1 November 1943. Date completion reported by shipyard on 31 December 1943. Latest date completion reported by shipyard 31 December 1943. Of the Ashland-class dock landing ships, succeeded by Casa Grande-class.(1)

Note

1. Laid down on 7 April 1943, launched on 19 July 1943, commissioned on 29 January 1944, decommissioned in September 1956, handed over to Taiwan in November 1960, renamed ROCS Chung Cheng (LSD-191) and broken up in 1985.

Source

Franklin Roosevelt D. Roosevelt Presidential Library&Museum. Bureau of Ships: reports 1 May 1942 FDR’s President’s Secretary’s Files (psfc000095).

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