| − | Barnwell (APA 132) was laid down on 25 July 1944 at Wilmington, Calif., by the California Shipbuilding Corp., under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 48); launched on 30 September 1944; and sponsored by Mrs. M. L. Rhodes; fitted out at Oakland, Calif., by the Moore Dry Dock Co.; and commissioned on 19 January 1945, Capt. M. M. Stephens in command. | + | The [[USS] '''Barnwell''' (APA 132) was laid down on 25 July 1944 at Wilmington, [[California]], by the California Shipbuilding Corp., under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 48); launched on 30 September 1944; and sponsored by Mrs. M. L. Rhodes; fitted out at Oakland, [[California]], by the Moore Dry Dock Co.; and commissioned on 19 January 1945, Capt. M. M. Stephens in command. |
| − | At the work's conclusion, Barnwell embarked over 1,800 troops and took on a cargo of 15,000 mailbags. Underway on 14 July, Barnwell proceeded via Entwetok and Ulithi to the Philippines. After delivering passengers and mail to both Guinan Harbor on Samar and Tacloban on Leyte, the attack transport sailed for the Admiralty Islands on 10 August. She reached Manus on the 14th and, while disembarking the rest of her troops there, received word of the war's end. Departing Manus on the 16th, she touched briefly at Ulithi before continuing on to New Caledonia. At Noumea, she took on more cargo and embarked part of a Construction Battalion (or "Seabee"). Early in September, she picked up the rest of the "Seabees" and their gear at Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides. From there, the attack transport set sail for the Philippines. At Lingayan, she embarked an Army medical unit bound for occupation duty in Japan. She then set sail for Sasebo on 20 September. | + | At the work's conclusion, Barnwell embarked over 1,800 troops and took on a cargo of 15,000 mailbags. Underway on 14 July, Barnwell proceeded via Entwetok and Ulithi to the Philippines. After delivering passengers and mail to both Guinan Harbor on Samar and Tacloban on Leyte, the attack transport sailed for the Admiralty Islands on 10 August. She reached Manus on the 14th and, while disembarking the rest of her troops there, received word of the war's end. Departing Manus on the 16th, she touched briefly at Ulithi before continuing on to New Caledonia. At Noumea, she took on more cargo and embarked part of a Construction Battalion (or "Seabee"). Early in September, she picked up the rest of the "Seabees" and their gear at Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides. From there, the attack transport set sail for the Philippines. At Lingayan, she embarked an [[Army]] medical unit bound for occupation duty in Japan. She then set sail for Sasebo on 20 September. |
| − | Placed in reserve at Norfolk on 12 November 1946, Barnwell was decommissioned on 1 February 1947. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 October 1958, and she was berthed with the James River contingent of the Maritime Administration's National Defense Reserve Fleet. The ship remained there for more than two decades, during which time she was redesignated LPA 132. She was apparently sunk as a target sometime in the early 1980's.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b2-list.htm]</ref> | + | Placed in reserve at Norfolk on 12 November 1946, Barnwell was decommissioned on 1 February 1947. Her name was struck from the [[Navy]] list on 1 October 1958, and she was berthed with the James River contingent of the Maritime Administration's National Defense Reserve Fleet. The ship remained there for more than two decades, during which time she was redesignated LPA 132. She was apparently sunk as a target sometime in the early 1980's.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b2-list.htm]</ref> |