USS Oberon ( AKA - 14 ) USS " Oberon " ( AK - 56 / AKA - 14 / T - AKA - 14 / LKA - 14 ) was a in the United States Navy . She was named after " Oberon , " one of the moons of the planet Uranus . " Oberon " ( AK – 56 ) , originally named " Delalba " ( MC hull 133 ) , was built at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , Kearny , New Jersey ; renamed " Oberon " 16 February 1942 ; launched 18 March 1942 ; sponsored by Mrs . W . Creighton Peet ; acquired by the Navy 15 June 1942 , commissioned the same day , Comdr . Ion Purcell in command . Service history . World War II . " Oberon " completed alterations and shakedown before joining a task force steaming to the invasion of North Africa on 24 October 1942 . Despite air raids , a submarine attack , and casualties among sister ships , she commenced off - loading supplies on D - Day , 8 November , at Fedhala , French Morocco . Mission accomplished , the cargo ship returned to Hampton Roads , Virginia , on 24 November and began preparations for a Pacific voyage . Early in the new year , " Oberon " transited the Panama Canal ; and , while sailing for the $ 3 , was reclassified AKA – 14 . She discharged her cargo at New Caledonia and the New Hebrides before returning to Norfolk , on 12 March 1943 . Completing overhaul " Oberon " again crossed the Atlantic to the Mediterranean and took station , 10 July , off Gela for the landings on Sicily . Two months later her anti - aircraft batteries again blazed during unloading operations in the difficult invasion of Salerno Bay , Italy . Withdrawn to sail the Oran to Bizerte supply run , " Oberon " departed the area in December with 120 Army paratroopers and supplies bound for Belfast , Northern Ireland . Later that month an Atlantic storm caused more damage than had enemy actions . After repairs in the Philadelphia Navy Yard , " Oberon " returned to North Africa in April via Cardiff , Wales . As part of Assault Group II preparing for the invasion of Southern France she practiced landings until 13 August along both the Algerian and Italian coasts . D - Day , the 15th , went smoothly as she landed 151 soldiers and sailors plus valuable support equipment at St . Tropez , France . After five additional logistic missions from Oran and Naples , the attack transport joined a convoy en route to the United States late in October . With Germany facing defeat , " Oberon " was reassigned to the Pacific . Once again she began the new year in transit through the Panama Canal , and then proceeded to Leyte , Philippines arriving on 21 February 1945 . With other units of Amphibious Group 7 she helped to take Kerama Retto late in March and joined the attack on Okinawa on 1 April . The appearance of kamikaze planes the next day was a challenging new experience from which " Oberon " emerged unscathed and with one kill to her credit . She retired on 26 April to the South Pacific and later received news of Japan ' s capitulation while steaming to the Philippines . With occupation troops from the 81st Division embarked she sailed into port at Aomori , on northern Honshū , on 25 September . After an additional voyage to Yokohama , " Oberon " turned homeward and early in December reached San Francisco . Korean War . In the post - war years , " Oberon " served with the Navy Transportation Service carrying cargo and personnel between the West Coast and American bases in the Pacific . Incorporated into the Military Sea Transportation Service at its initiation on 1 October 1949 , she became an ammunition replenishment vessel during the Korean War . Arriving at Sasebo , Japan , on 15 January 1951 , " Oberon " served in the war zone for seven months . On 9 March she conducted her first rearming - at - sea mission with carriers , and later much of her time was spent shuttling supplies between Sasebo and Wonsan , Korea . A second tour of duty in the war zone occurred during the first five months of 1952 . Decommissioning and sale . The truce signed at Panmunjom curtailed her assignments . She was decommissioned on 27 June 1955 and was placed in reserve until struck from the Navy List on 1 July 1960 . She was transferred to the Maritime Commission , placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet , and berthed at Olympia , Washington . Reclassified LKA - 14 ( Amphibious cargo ship ) on 1 January 1969 , the ship was sold for scrap to Marine Power and Equipment Co . of Seattle , Washington , on 3 December 1970 . " Oberon " received six battle stars for World War II service and five for duty in Korea .