USS George Clymer ( APA - 27 ) USS " George Clymer " ( APA - 27 ) was an that saw service with the US Navy in four wars - World War II , the Chinese Civil War , the Korean War and the Vietnam War . " George Clymer " ( AP - 57 ) was laid down as " African Planet " under a Maritime Commission contract 28 October 1940 by Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula , Mississippi ; launched 27 September 1941 ; renamed " George Clymer " 9 January 1942 ; acquired by the Navy 15 June 1942 ; and commissioned the same day , Captain Arthur T . Moen in command . World War II . " George Clymer " sailed 21 June via Charleston to Norfolk , Virginia where she arrived 30 July for training in Chesapeake Bay . She embarked 1 , 400 men of the 9th Infantry Division and departed 23 October for French Morocco . Invasion of French Morocco . After joining Rear Admiral Monroe Kelley ' s Northern Attack Group off the Moroccan coast 7 November , at midnight 8 November she debarked assault troops on special net - cutting and scouting missions against garrisons at Mehedia and the fortress Kasba . Just before dawn the first wave of troops hit the beach and encountered resistance from the Vichy French . Enemy shore batteries fired on the assembled transports and straddled " George Clymer " before she opened the range . Hard fighting continued ashore until 11 November . " George Clymer " debarked troops , unloaded cargo , and treated casualties until 15 November when she sailed to Casablanca to complete offloading cargo . She departed for the United States the 17th , arriving at Norfolk 30 November . Transfer to the Pacific . After embarking more than 1 , 300 Seabees , " George Clymer " sailed 17 December for the Pacific . One of the first transports to serve in both the Atlantic and Pacific , she reached Nouméa , New Caledonia , 18 January 1943 ; sailed 23 January for the Fiji Islands , and arrived Espiritu Santo , New Hebrides , 30 January . Redesignated ( APA - 27 ) on 1 February , she sailed in convoy 5 February for Guadalcanal , Solomons , where she arrived the 7th to debark reinforcements and embark casualties and Japanese prisoners of war . During almost the next 9 months she sailed the Southwest Pacific , carrying cargo and rotating troops from bases in New Zealand , New Caledonia , the New Hebrides , and the Fijis to Guadalcanal . On 19 April she evacuated 38 Chinese and Fijian women and children , who had hidden from the Japanese for more than a year , from Guadalcanal and transported them to Nouméa . Invasion of Bougainville . As flagship of Rear Admiral T . S . Wilkinson ' s 3rd Amphibious Force , " George Clymer " departed Guadalcanal 30 October for the invasion of Bougainville . Closing Cape Torokina 1 November , she disembarked men of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion before joining other transports in a combined bombardment of enemy positions on Cape Torokina . She returned to Port Purvis , Florida Island , 3 November ; and during the next 2 months she made three runs to Bougainville , carrying reinforcements and cargo from the Fijis and Guadalcanal . Invasion of the Marianas . " George Clymer " continued troop - carrying and supply runs in the Southwest Pacific until 4 June when she departed Guadalcanal for the invasion of the Marianas . Steaming via Kwajalein , she operated off Saipan from 17 to 30 June while serving as flagship of Rear Admiral L . R . Reifsnider ' s Southern Attack Group . She reached Eniwetok 4 July ; departed 17 July for the assault against Guam - and arrived off Agat 21 July . After debarking assault troops , she served as receiving ship , boat pool tender , and medical station for the Southern Transport Group . She remained at Guam until 20 August ; steamed via Saipan to Hawaii ; and arrived Pearl Harbor 31 August . Invasion of Leyte . Underway again 15 September , " George Clymer " steamed via Eniwetok and Manus , Admiralties , to the Philippines , where she landed nearly 1 , 000 troops at Dulag 21 October during the battle of Leyte . She returned to Manus 28 October ; and , following a troop and cargo - carrying mission to New Britain and back , she sailed l1 November for the United States and arrived San Francisco 3 December for overhaul . Invasion of Okinawa . Sailing 26 January 1945 , she reached Guadalcanal 11 February and for more than a month trained for the invasion of Okinawa . She departed Ulithi , Carolines , in convoy 27 March ; arrived off Hagushi 1 April ; then debarked troops and unloaded cargo before departing 5 April . Steaming via Saipan and Pearl Harbor , she arrived San Francisco 9 May . After conversion to a transport squadron and relief amphibious force flagship , she transported 1 , 200 Seabees to Pearl Harbor from 21 to 27 July . After returning to San Francisco 5 August with wounded veterans embarked , she sailed 12 August for the Philippines . After hostilities . She reached Manila 7 September ; embarked nearly 1 , 000 occupation troops of the 33rd Infantry Division ; and transported them to Japan , arriving Wakayama 25 September . Between 3 and 21 October she made a similar voyage from Leyte to Japan ; then , as part of the Operation Magic Carpet fleet , between 31 October and 14 November she carried more than 1 , 200 veterans from Saipan to San Francisco . Between 27 November and 28 December she cruised to Guam and Saipan and returned to San Pedro , California with homebound troops . Postwar service . Atomic bomb tests . Prior to the Korean War , " George Clymer " supported various naval operations in the Pacific . From 1 June to 20 August she served at Bikini Atoll as flagship for Transport Division 11 during atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands . Chinese Civil War . She conducted training operations along the Pacific coast until 15 December 1947 when she departed San Pedro for the Far East . Arriving Tsingtao , China , 20 January 1948 , for more than 6 months she operated along the Chinese coast supporting the Nationalist Chinese troops during the Chinese Civil War . She departed Tsingtao 5 August ; embarked troops at Guam , and transported them via the Panama Canal to Morehead City , North Carolina , where she arrived 17 September . " George Clymer " returned to San Diego 4 October , and during the next 19 months she operated off the coast of Alaska , the West Coast , and in Hawaiian waters . Korean War . After the invasion of South Korea by North Korean troops , she departed San Diego 14 July and carried units of the 5th Provisional Marine Brigade to Pusan , South Korea , where she debarked them 2 August to help stem the Communist advance at Masan . After returning to Yokosuka , Japan , 7 August , she embarked men of the 1st Marine Division at Kobe for the amphibious invasion at Inchon 15 September . Following the successful landings , she served as amphibious control and hospital ship before returning to Sasebo 29 September with casualties . She returned to Inchon 8 October to embark marines , and on 17 October she sailed for Wonsan , where she landed troops the 25th . Departing Wonsan 30 October , she steamed via Yokosuka to the United States and arrived San Diego 24 November . " George Clymer " departed San Diego 4 June 1951 and , after embarking troops at San Francisco , she sailed 6 June for the Far Fast , arriving Yokosuka 20 June . During the next 10 months she supported the effort to repel Communist aggression in Korea ; participated in amphibious landings along the Korean coast ; rotated troops between Japan and Korea , and cruised Far Eastern waters from the Sea of Japan to the South China Sea to meet the demands of military forces in Asia . On 15 October she rescued nearly 500 survivors from a Japanese merchantman caught during a typhoon at Uku Shima , Japan . She departed Yokosuka 1 April 1952 ; returned to the United States for 7 months ; then sailed from San Diego 12 November for a third deployment off Korea . After reaching Yokosuka 29 November , she took part in troop - rotation runs between Korea and bases in Japan , Okinawa , and the Philippines . On 27 July 1953 , as the armistice which brought an uncertain peace to Korea was signed at Panmunjom , she departed Yokosuka for the United States , arriving San Diego 22 August . 1950s . After the termination of hostilities in Korea , " George Clymer " deployed to the Far East on numerous occasions as an important unit of the 7th Fleet . Capable of carrying combat - ready troops to any beach in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia , she provided vital support to the Fleet ' s operations . Vietnam War . In August 1964 she cruised the South China Sea in an advanced state of readiness following the Gulf of Tonkin incident . During the summer of 1965 she deployed to South Vietnam , where she participated in amphibious landings at Da Nang and Chu Lai . She participated in further Vietnamese operations in the spring and summer of 1966 . Decommission . USS " George Clymer " was decommissioned on 31 October 1967 at San Diego . She was sold for scrapping to the National Metals & Steel Corporation on 26 July 1968 , bringing to an end a long and distinguished 25 - year career with the US Navy . Awards . " George Clymer " received five battle star s for World War II service , seven for the Korean War and three for the Vietnam War .