USS Bergen ( APA - 150 ) USS " Bergen " ( APA - 150 ) was a " Haskell " - class attack transport acquired by the U . S . Navy during World War II for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas . " Bergen " ( " APA 150 " ) was laid down on 25 October 1944 at Vancouver , Washington , by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co . under a Maritime Commission contract ( MCV hull 815 ) ; launched on 5 December 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Donald Campbell ; delivered to the Navy on 22 December 1944 ; and commissioned on 23 December 1944 at Astoria , Oregon , Capt . Ralston B . Vanzant in command . World War II service . After fitting out at Astoria and loading landing craft at San Francisco , California , Bergen reported at San Pedro , California , in mid January 1945 for shakedown training . Shakedown and amphibious warfare training occupied her until 12 February . On the 13th , she began post shakedown availability at Terminal Island , California . The attack transport completed repairs on 23 February and , the next day , got underway for San Francisco . Between 25 February and 2 March , she loaded cargo , fuel , and provisions and took passengers on board . On 2 March , " Bergen " stood out of San Francisco Bay . She arrived in Pearl Harbor on 8 March , disembarked her passengers , and began unloading cargo . On the 25th , the ship moved to Honolulu and started loading cargo . On the 27th and 28th , officers and men of various U . S . Army units came on board . Landing troops on Saipan . " Bergen " put to sea on 29 March and set course for the Mariana Islands . En route , she suffered an engineering casualty that forced her to stop at Eniwetok from 6 to 9 April for repairs . She returned to sea on the 9th and arrived at Tanapag harbor , Saipan , on the 12th . After the troops went ashore , " Bergen " unloaded cargo and began taking hospital patients on board for evacuation to Hawaii . On 15 April , she cleared Tanapag and set course for Oahu . The attack transport entered Pearl Harbor on 25 April , disembarked the patients , and began repairs to her main propulsion plant . She completed repairs on 15 May , but remained in the Hawaiian Islands until the end of the month conducting trials and amphibious exercises . After embarking passengers , " Bergen " stood out of Honolulu on 30 May on her way back to the U . S . West Coast . West Coast operations . The attack transport moored at San Francisco on 5 June , and her passengers left the ship that same day . " Bergen " remained at San Francisco until 21 June when she got underway for Seattle , Washington . The ship stopped at Seattle between 24 and 27 June to load cargo . On the latter day , she headed back to Hawaii . She entered Honolulu on Independence Day 1945 , and her passengers reported ashore . The attack transport unloaded cargo to make room for another cargo and new passengers . On 11 July , the ship set out for the western Pacific Ocean . After fueling and provisioning at Eniwetok , she arrived in Ulithi Atoll on 23 July . " Bergen " stayed there until 8 August when she exited the lagoon on her way to the Ryukyu Islands . Disembarking troops and supplies at Okinawa . Her convoy reached the Hagushi anchorage off Okinawa on 12 August , and the attack transport dropped anchor to begin disembarking troops and unloading cargo . She witnessed several air raids over the next three days — the last three of the war . After the end to hostilities on 15 August , " Bergen " rode peacefully at anchor . On 26 August , she shifted berths to the Buckner Bay anchorage and , on the 30th , began loading cargo . The ship began embarking troops on 1 September and got underway for Korea on the 5th . Three days later , she entered port at Jinsen , Korea . She spent five days at Jinsen disembarking occupation troops and unloading their supplies and equipment . End - of - war operations . On 13 September , " Bergen " stood out of Jinsen to return to Okinawa . She arrived at her destination on the 15th . Soon thereafter , the attack transport began embarking elements of the 7th Marines . On 26 September , she departed Okinawa and headed for northern China . The ship reached Taku , China , early in the morning of 30 September . She discharged both cargo and troops by 5 October and got underway for the Philippines . " Bergen " entered Manila Bay on 13 October and began taking on homeward - bound veterans there and at Subic Bay . She stood out of Subic Bay on 31 October and shaped a course for the United States . The attack transport arrived in San Francisco on 20 November , disembarked her passengers , and began much needed boiler repairs at Hunters Point , California . " Bergen " put to sea again on 7 December bound for the Philippines . On the 22d , her destination was changed from Samar to Manila . She arrived there on the 29th and began embarking naval officers and enlisted men for passage back to the United States . On 3 January 1946 , the ship moved to Subic Bay , took on more passengers , and then shaped a course for home . " Bergen ’ s " final days . " Bergen " entered Port Hueneme , California , on 24 January and dropped off most of her passengers . The remainder disembarked at San Pedro , California , later that same day . She arrived in San Francisco on 29 January and began preparations for the long voyage to the U . S . East Coast . " Bergen " stood out of San Francisco Bay on 11 February . Her voyage took her through the Panama Canal , and she entered port at Norfolk , Virginia , on 2 March . The attack transport was decommissioned at Norfolk on 24 April 1946 . Two days later , " Bergen " was returned to the Maritime Commission ' s War Shipping Administration . Her name was struck from the Navy list on 8 May 1946 . She was berthed with the Maritime Commission ' s National Defense Reserve Fleet at James River , Virginia , until the spring of 1973 . On 9 April 1973 , she was sold to the Union Minerals & Alloys Corp . , New York City , for scrapping .