USS Ormsby ( APA - 49 ) USS " Ormsby " ( APA - 49 ) was an " Ormsby " - class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II . " Ormsby " ( APA - 49 ) was named after a county in Nevada . She was originally laid down by the Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland , California on 21 July 1942 as SS " Twilight " ; authorized for acquisition as " Ormsby " AP - 94 on 5 October 1942 ; launched 20 October 1942 ; reclassified APA - 49 on 1 February 1943 ; acquired 10 March 1943 ; and commissioned 28 June 1943 , Captain Leonard Frisco , USNR , in command . World War II . Upon completion of her conversion and shakedown in July 1943 , " Ormsby " sailed from San Francisco en route to San Diego to load Marines and cargo for Pearl Harbor . From Pearl she loaded more Marines , Seabees and equipment and departed 14 August for Nukufetau in the Ellice Islands . Invasion of Tarawa . Continuing southward , she stopped in Pago Pago , Samoa , and then sailed on to Wellington , New Zealand , arriving on 11 September . There she embarked Marines and carried out amphibious warfare training until the end of October . From Wellington , New Zealand " Ormsby " steamed via Efate to Tarawa , Gilbert Islands and landed her troops there for that historic battle on 20 November 1943 . Returning to Pearl Harbor on 7 December she again loaded troops and supplies and conducted training through January 1944 . Invasions of Kwajalein and New Guinea . On 31 January " Ormsby " participated in another amphibious assault landing her troops at Kwajalein in the Marshalls . Following this operation , she moved on to Guadalcanal in February and trained Army units until 28 March , when she landed reinforcements at Bougainville and continued to Milne Bay , New Guinea . In April she sailed to Buna , Finschafen and then to Aitape , New Guinea where on the 23rd army assault troops were landed . A reinforcement voyage to Aitape followed on 3 May . Invasion of Guam . Returning to the Russell Islands and Guadalcanal , " Ormsby " loaded Marines of the First Provisional Brigade , trained then in May , and landed them on Guam 21 July . While at Guam she suffered her only casualties of the war when one officer and an enlisted man were killed as a shell hit in the bow . Invasions of Peleliu and Leyte . " Ormsby " trained Marines of the famed 1st Marine Division at Guadalcanal prior to landing them at Pelelieu , Palau Islands . Proceeding to Hollandia and loading Army units , she made another assault at Leyte in the Philippines on 20 October with a rerun on 14 November . In the latter part of November " Ormsby " was finally given a rest and she returned to the United States for availability . Leaving California behind , " Ormsby " with Seabee s from Port Hueneme set course for Guam , arriving on 11 April 1945 and then returning to Portland , Oregon on 22 May with a full load of returning service veterans . After hostilities . Making another " Magic Carpet " run with veterans in June , " Ormsby " returned to San Francisco via Tinian and Saipan from Guam on 13 July . She departed San Francisco on 31 July en route to Manila to lift members of the 43rd Division to Tokyo , arriving there on 13 September . Transport missions . Weathering a typhoon she returned to Guam and embarked troops for Tsingtao , China participating in the occupation landings there . Underway on 17 October , " Ormsby " sailed first to Manila and then to Haiphong , French Indochina where she embarked the 62nd Chinese Army for Formosa . She landed the Chinese occupation forces at Port Saei on 18 November and sailed for Manila arriving 21 November . In December " Ormsby " made one more " Magic Carpet " voyage to Portland , Oregon , arriving on the 20th . This was her final passage after untiring war effort . Decommission . " Ormsby " decommissioned 15 March 1946 and was struck from the U . S . Naval Register on 17 April 1946 . She was delivered to the War Shipping Administration on 16 May 1946 . Awards . " Ormsby " earned six battle star s for service in World War II . Commercial career . " Ormsby " was eventually acquired for commercial service by United States Lines and renamed SS " American Producer " . In March 1969 , " American Producer " was severely damaged after striking the pier at San Francisco while outbound for Da Nang , Vietnam , with a cargo of bombs . Consequently , she was scrapped at Kaohsiung , Taiwan , in July 1969 . Notes .