USS Bosque ( APA - 135 ) USS " Bosque " ( APA - 135 ) was a " Haskell " - class attack transport built and used by the US Navy in World War II . She was a Victory ship design , VC2 - S - AP5 . She was named after Bosque County , Texas , USA . World War II service . " Bosque " was laid down on 7 August 1944 at Wilmington , California , by the California Shipbuilding Corporation under a Maritime Commission contract ( MCV hull 51 ) ; launched on 28 October 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Donald F . Stace ; delivered to the Navy on 17 December 1944 ; and commissioned on 17 December 1944 , Capt . Henry Johnson in command . For two months , " Bosque " visited various ports on the west coast before departing Portland , Oregon , on 18 February 1945 bound for the Hawaiian Islands . She reached the island of Oahu on the 25th and operated among the islands for about two weeks . On 11 March , the attack transport continued her voyage west . " Bosque " arrived at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands on 20 March but departed the atoll the next day . From there , she moved to Saipan in the Marianas where she remained from 24 to 30 March . She departed Saipan on the 30th and arrived at Guam on the 31st . The next day , " Bosque " returned to Saipan where she embarked troops bound for the Okinawa campaign . She left Saipan on 15 April , stopped at Ulithi in the Western Carolines from the 17th to the 22d , and arrived off Okinawa on 26 April . During her four - day stay in the Ryukyus , " Bosque " witnessed a number of Japanese air attacks . On several occasions , her antiaircraft battery opened fire , and she claimed to have splashed a " Frances " medium bomber on the night of the 28th . On 30 April , the attack transport headed back toward the United States . She stopped off at Saipan from 5 to 7 May and then continued on to San Francisco , where she arrived on 22 May . At San Francisco , " Bosque " embarked troops bound for the Philippines before standing out of San Francisco on 31 May . She made brief stops at Eniwetok and Ulithi and arrived in San Pedro Bay , Leyte , on 23 June . Five days later , the attack transport embarked upon a circuitous voyage to the southwestern Pacific . During that voyage , the ship stopped at Hollandia on Dutch New Guinea , Noumea on New Caledonia , and back at Hollandia before returning to the Philippines at Cebu on 27 July . For the next month , " Bosque " steamed between various islands in the Philippines transporting cargo and passengers and participating in amphibious exercises preparatory to the expected invasion of the Japanese home islands . The Japanese , however , agreed to capitulate on 15 August , and " Bosque " departed Subic Bay on 27 August carrying occupation troops to Japan . She arrived in Tokyo Bay on 2 September , the day the formal surrender document was signed on board . The attack transport remained in Japan only two days , getting underway on 4 September to return to the Philippines . She arrived at San Pedro Bay , Leyte , on 11 September and , for the next two weeks , visited several Philippine ports . On 22 September , the ship embarked upon another voyage to the Ryukyus . She arrived at Buckner Bay , Okinawa , on the 25th and operated from that port until early October . On the 3d , " Bosque " departed Okinawa with Japan - bound occupation troops embarked . The attack transport arrived at Iyo Nada , Japan , on 5 October and , on the 6th , moved to Aki Nada where she disembarked the troops . She departed Japan on 11 October and headed south — first to the Russell Islands and thence to Nouméa , New Caledonia . From Nouméa , she shaped a course back to the United States on 26 October . " Bosque " arrived on the west coast late in 1945 and , early in 1946 , headed for the east coast . She entered port at Norfolk , Virginia , on 4 February 1946 . She was decommissioned on 15 March 1946 and was turned over to the Maritime Commission ' s War Shipping Administration for disposal on 22 March 1946 . Her name was struck from the Navy list on 28 March 1946 . She was berthed in the James River , Virginia as part of the Maritime Commission ' s National Defense Reserve Fleet . Fate . She remained in James River for the next 27 years , except when she was briefly withdarwn in 1955 as part of a Repair Program , GAA - T . J . Stevenson . On 9 April 1973 , she was sold to the Union Minerals & Alloys Corp . , of New York City , for scrapping . On 14 May 1973 she was withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet and sent to the breaker ' s yard . All that remains of " Bosque " is her brass builder ' s plate . Award . " Bosque " earned one battle star for World War II service .