USS Leonard Wood

USS Leonard Wood (APA-12) off California, 28 April 1944
History
United States
Name	Nutmeg State Western World Leonard Wood
Namesake	Leonard Wood, US Army Chief of Staff, 1910–1914
Builder	Bethlehem Steel
Yard number	4197
Laid down	29 July 1920[1]
Launched	17 September 1921
Christened	Nutmeg State, completed as Western World
Acquired	Delivered 9 May 1922 (by the Navy) 3 June 1941
Commissioned	(Navy) 10 June 1941
Decommissioned	22 March 1946
Renamed	Leonard Wood
Reclassified	AP-25 to APA-12, 1 February 1943
Stricken	12 April 1946
Identification	United States official number: 222063
Honours and awards	Eight battle stars for World War II service
Fate	Sold for scrap, 20 January 1948
Notes	Delivery of Western World marked the end of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and United States Shipping Board's World War I shipbuilding program.
General characteristics
Class and type	Harris-class attack transport
Displacement	13,529 tons (lt), 21,900 t.(fl)
Length	535 ft 2 in
Beam	72 ft 4 in
Draft	31 ft 3 in
Propulsion	2 x Curtis type turbines, 8 x Yarrow header-type boilers, 2 propellers, designed shaft horsepower 12,000.
Speed	17.5 knots
Capacity	Troops: 117 Officers, 1,809 Enlisted Cargo: 150,000 cu ft, 1,700 tons
Complement	Officers 67, Enlisted 657
Armament	4 x 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 x twin 40mm gun mounts, 16 x single 20mm gun mounts.

USS Leonard Wood (APA-12) was built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation and launched 17 September 1921 at Sparrows Point, Maryland as Nutmeg State, an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ship intended as a World War I troop transport, but redesigned upon the armistice as a passenger and cargo ship and completed as Western World for delivery to the United States Shipping Board. The ship's acceptance on 5 May 1922^[2] and delivery on 9 May 1922 marked the completion of the wartime shipbuilding program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the Shipping Board.

After years in commercial service on Munson Steamship Line's South American service, Western World was purchased by the War Department in 1939, converted into a transport, and renamed to serve as USAT Leonard Wood until transfer to the Navy on 3 June 1941. The ship was commissioned, classified as a transport with hull number AP-25, USS Leonard Wood with a United States Coast Guard crew on 10 June 1941. During World War II, the ship was converted into an attack transport during March 1942 and reclassified APA-12 (Harris-class). The ship was decommissioned 22 March 1946 and was sold for scrap 20 January 1948.