page_title: USS Ormsby (APA-49)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Ormsby (APA-49)
caption_attribution_description: English: USS&#160;Ormsby&#160;(APA-49) mooring at San Francisco, 17 July 1943. Note the barrels on the mooring line between the ship and the covered barge.
context_page_description: USS Ormsby (APA-49) was an Ormsby-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II.
  Ormsby (APA-49) was named after a county in Nevada. She was originally laid down by the Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland, California on 21 July 1942 as SS Twilight; authorized for acquisition as Ormsby AP-94 on 5 October 1942; launched 20 October 1942; reclassified APA-49 on 1 February 1943; acquired 10 March 1943; and commissioned 28 June 1943, Captain Leonard Frisco, USNR, in command.
context_section_description: USS Ormsby (APA-49) was an Ormsby-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II.
  Ormsby (APA-49) was named after a county in Nevada.  She was originally laid down by the Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland, California on 21 July 1942 as SS Twilight; authorized for acquisition as Ormsby AP-94 on 5 October 1942; launched 20 October 1942; reclassified APA-49 on 1 February 1943; acquired 10 March 1943; and commissioned 28 June 1943, Captain Leonard Frisco, USNR, in command.
caption: USS Ormsby (APA-49) at Mare Island Navy Yard, 17 July 1943
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