USS Calvert ( APA - 32 ) USS " Calvert " ( APA - 32 ) was a that served with the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War . In addition to her ten battle stars , " Calvert " was awarded a Navy Unit Commendation . " Calvert " was launched 22 May 1942 as " Delorleans " by Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard under a Maritime Commission contract . Acquired by the Navy 30 September 1942 , she became the second Navy ship named after Calvert County , Maryland , designated transport AP - 65 . She was commissioned the next day , Captain D . W . Loomis in command . She was reclassified as attack transport APA - 32 , on 1 February 1943 . World War II . Mediterranean Theatre . " Calvert " began the consistently superior service which was to win her a Navy Unit Commendation when she sailed from Norfolk , Virginia on 25 October 1942 for the invasion of North Africa . She landed her troops at Safi , French Morocco , on 8 November , and six days later sailed for Norfolk to train troops in Chesapeake Bay for other invasions . On 8 June 1943 she departed for the Mediterranean and her second major assault landing , the invasion of Sicily . She put her troops ashore at Scoglitti , Sicily , on 12 July . Pacific Theater . By 3 August 1943 , " Calvert " was back at Norfolk , a veteran of assault landings in the Atlantic , and now Pacific - bound for stepping stone invasions to the Japanese homeland . She arrived at Pearl Harbor on 26 September to train and land troops of the 27th Infantry Division on Makin , Gilbert Islands , 20 November . Her busy schedule took the transport back to the west coast the following month to train troops for forthcoming amphibious assaults , and in January 1944 she was underway for the Marshalls where on 1 February her troops stormed ashore on Kwajalein for another successful invasion . " Calvert " ' s next operation was in the Marianas , where she conducted diversionary landings off Tanapag Harbor at Saipan ( 15 – 24 June ) and Tinian ( 24 July ) , an effort which added to the success of the main assault on Saipan . She returned to Pearl Harbor in August carrying 420 Japanese and Korean prisoners of war , and the following month was again westward bound to take part in the invasion of the Philippines . On 20 October 1944 " Calvert " was off Leyte dispatching her troops for the initial landings . She made a quick turn around and was back on 18 November to pour more men and equipment from New Guinea into the Philippines to ensure the Allied advance . At Cape Gloucester she embarked troops for another assault on the Philippines ( 9 January 1945 ) at Lingayen Gulf to begin the capture of Luzon . The following month , with troops embarked at Biak , " Calvert " successfully landed her assault waves at Mindoro on 9 February . The veteran " Calvert " was now ordered to the west coast for overhaul and conversion to an amphibious flagship , arriving Bremerton on 26 March . " Calvert " completed her conversion as the war ended in the Pacific , and on 24 August 1945 cleared for the Philippines to lift troops to Hiro Wan for the occupation of Japan . " Magic Carpet " duty , returning troops home to the west coast , was her assignment between 7 November 1945 and 31 May 1946 . " Calvert " arrived at Norfolk where she was placed out of commission in reserve 26 February 1947 . Korean War . With the outbreak of the Korea War in the summer of 1950 , " Calvert " was recalled to active service and recommissioned 18 October 1950 . During her two tours in the Far East she trained troops in Japan and Korea , redeployed Korean troops , and transported troops to and from Korea from the west coast . Peacetime operations . Following this war " Calvert " remained on active service with the fleet , alternating west coast operations with cruises to the western Pacific , continuing through 1960 . During this service she took part in the " Passage to Freedom " operation in the summer of 1954 when she lifted over 6 , 000 Indochinese civilians from Communist - surrounded Haiphong to southern Vietnam . Between 1954 and 1957 she served as the flagship for Comphibron 5 , and made two cruises to the far east , including troop training landings on Iwo Jima and in the Philippines . Ports of call included Yokosuka , Nagoya , Shimoda , Kobe , Nagasaki , Sasebo , and Kure , Japan , Okinawa , Subic Bay , Manila , Hong Kong and Pearl Harbor . In 1958 during the Middle East crisis and Lebanon landings by the 6th Fleet , Calvert , combat - loaded , stood ready with the 7th Fleet , alert for any extension of trouble in the Pacific . In 1961 Calvert underwent major overhaul at the Naval Shipyards in Bremmerton Washington . She received upgrades to her Sonar and Radar as well as diesel generators and boiler replacement . Her hull was blasted and repainted making Calvert battle ready for assignment with Conphibron 5 , and 7th Fleet assignment in the Pacific Vietnam conflict . Vietnam War . " Calvert " also participated in the Vietnam War , from November 1965 to January 1966 . Final years . " Calvert " was decommissioned at Hunter ' s Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco on 18 May 1966 . She was then moved to the Naval Supply Center , Oakland , Traffic Management School for use as a training hulk until 1976 . " Calvert " was struck from the Naval Register on 1 August 1966 . She was sold for scrapping on 14 February 1977 to Levin Metals of San Jose , California , which broke her up at their facility in Richmond , California . Awards and decorations . In addition to her Navy Unit Commendation , " Calvert " received eight battle star s for service in World War II , two for service in the Korean War and two for service in the Vietnam War .