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History
President Adams (AP-38), probably at Nouméa, New Caledonia, on 4 August 1942, the eve of the Guadalcanal-Tulagi invasion.
United States
Name	USS President Adams
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia
Laid down	6 June 1940
Launched	31 January 1941
Commissioned	19 November 1941
Decommissioned	14 June 1950
Reclassified	APA-19, 1 February 1943
Stricken	1 October 1958
Honors and awards	9 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Scrapped, 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	President Jackson-class attack transport
Displacement	16,175 long tons (16,435 t) full
Length	491 ft 10 in (149.91 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbine drive 2 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers Single screw 8,500 hp (6,338 kW)
Speed	17.9 knots (33.2 km/h; 20.6 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	32 × LCVP 3 × LCM (3)
Capacity	3,600 long tons (3,658 t)
Troops	76 officers and 1,258 enlisted
Complement	36 officers and 477 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5"/38 caliber gun 4 × 3 in (76 mm) guns 8 × 20 mm guns

USS President Adams (AP-38/APA-19) was a President Jackson-class attack transport of the United States Navy, named for Founding Father John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, the second and sixth Presidents of the United States.