USS Crescent City

History
United States
Name	Delorleans (1940) Crescent City (1941)
Namesake	A popular nickname for New Orleans, Louisiana
Builder	Bethlehem Steel
Launched	17 February 1940
Sponsored by	Mrs M. L. Pedrick
Christened	Delorleans
Acquired	9 June 1941
Commissioned	10 October 1941
Decommissioned	30 April 1948
Renamed	TS Golden Bear II, Artship
Reclassified	AP-40 to APA-21, 1 February 1943
Stricken	12 April 1946
Identification	IMO number: 8424666 Callsign: KIYG
Honours and awards	Ten battle stars for World War II service
Fate	Sold for scrap, January 2012
General characteristics
Class and type	Crescent City class attack transport
Displacement	8,409 tons (lt), 14,247 t.(fl)
Length	491 ft (150 m)
Beam	65 ft 6 in (19.96 m)
Draft	26 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsion	1 × General Electric geared drive turbine, 2 × boilers, designed shaft horsepower 7,800
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity	Troops: 58 Officers, 1,102 Enlisted Cargo: 140,000 cu ft (4,000 m3), 2,300 long tons (2,300 t)
Complement	Officers 36, Enlisted 498
Armament	4 × 3"/50 caliber DP gun mounts, 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, 2 × single 40 mm gun mounts, 14 × single 20 mm gun mounts.

USS Crescent City (AP-40/APA-21) was the lead ship of the Crescent City-class attack transports that served with the US Navy during World War II. The ship was built as the cargo and passenger liner Delorleans for the Mississippi Shipping Company's Delta Line. After brief commercial operation the ship was among 28 vessels requisitioned in June 1941 for the Navy and the Army. The Navy renamed the ship Crescent City, a popular nickname for New Orleans, Louisiana, upon commissioning 10 October 1941. The ship was decommissioned and laid up in 1948 before being loaned to the California Maritime Academy to serve as a training ship 1971–1995 and then transferred to a foundation in a failed art colony project. The ship left California for Texas scrapping in 2012.