page_title: USS Rochambeau (AP-63)
section_title: Decommissioning
hierarchical_section_title: USS Rochambeau (AP-63) / History / Decommissioning
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Collectie / Archief&#160;: Fotocollectie Van de Poll Reportage / Serie&#160;: Midden-Oosten 1950-1955: Egypte Beschrijving&#160;: Schip 'Marechal Joffre' in de haven van Alexandrië Datum&#160;: 1950 Locatie&#160;: Alexandrië, Egypte Trefwoorden&#160;: havens, passagiersschepen Fotograaf&#160;: Poll, Willem van de Auteursrechthebbende&#160;: Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort&#160;: Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris&#160;: bekijk toegang 2.24.14.02 Bestanddeelnummer&#160;: 255-6593
context_page_description: USS Rochambeau (AP-63) was a transport ship that saw service in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only U.S. Naval vessel to be named for the French nobleman, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, who commanded the French troops in Washington's army during the American Revolutionary War.
context_section_description: On 9 February, Rochambeau headed for New York City. Arriving on the 25th, she was decommissioned and transferred to the U.S. Maritime Commission's War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 17 March. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register at the end of the month. Then she was returned to her French owners Messageries Maritimes and resumed the name Marechal Joffre and, operating for WSA, was used to transport American troops from Europe to the United States. The hull was repainted black with a white superstructure and 
  From 1946 to 1950 she served as a troopship for the French Army in Indochina. Between 1950 and 1951 she returned to La Ciotat for rebuilding and the two funnels were replaced with a single oval funnel and painted white overall. She then served as a liner across the Indian Ocean to the Far East. 
  She was scrapped in Osaka, Japan, in 1960.
caption: In Alexandria, Egypt, in 1951 with the rebuilt funnel
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