USS George F . Elliott ( AP - 105 ) USS " George F . Elliott " ( AP - 105 ) was a troop transport that served with the United States Navy during World War II . She was the second US Navy ship to bear the name ( the first being the transport , which was lost to enemy action in August 1942 ) . AP - 105 , a Maritime Commission ( CP - 3 ) type was built as SS " Delbrasil " in 1939 by Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point , Maryland , and delivered to the Mississippi Shipping Company on 31 May 1940 . On 25 August 1943 she was acquired by the Navy , renamed USS " George F . Elliott " ( AP - 105 ) , and commissioned 23 September 1943 , Commander A . J . Couble in command . World War II . From 3 October 1943 to 31 January 1944 two troop - carrying voyages out of San Diego brought fighting men to Nouméa , Guadalcanal , and Espiritu Santo . Subsequently , " George F . Elliott " left San Francisco 18 February to embark cargo and over 1 , 700 sailors and marines at Port Hueneme . She steamed thence to Havannah Harbor , New Hebrides , arriving 9 March , and for the next 2 months made troop shuttle voyages between Espiritu Santo , Guadalcanal , the Russell Islands , Manus , and New Guinea before putting in at Pearl Harbor 7 May 1944 . Invasion of Saipan . On 29 May " George F . Elliott " departed with attack Group 1 of Task Force 52 for the invasion of the strategic island of Saipan and closed the island ' s west coast 15 June for D - day . She was ordered to join a diversionary assault force staging a demonstration landing to the northwest to divert the enemy from the real landing beaches . Despite air attack she sent troops away and unloaded cargo until getting underway 22 June for Makin Atoll , Tarawa , Apamama , Pearl Harbor , and finally San Diego , reaching there 17 July . Invasion of Leyte . Following a troop transport voyage to Pearl Harbor and return , " George F . Elliott " made another trip to Pearl Harbor , she sailed from there 15 September for Eniwetok , Manus , and Leyte , reaching the latter port in time for D - day , 20 October 1944 . She debarked troops and cargo though harassed by air attacks , getting underway 24 October with mission accomplished and closing Hollandia the 29th . Invasion of Luzon . " George F . Elliott " brought troops and supplies from Wake Island , New Guinea ; and Hollandia in early November , and after embarking more cargo and passengers at Cape Gloucester , New Britain , reached Manus 21 December . She sailed for Lingayen Gulf 31 December and , after witnessing a kamikaze crash on the carrier and numerous attacks on other ships off Luzon , reached her destination 9 January 1945 as part of the D - day invasion of Lingayen Gulf . Discharging men and equipment , the ship sailed at once for Leyte , Manus , and Wake Island , loaded the 33rd Infantry Division at the latter port , and debarked it at Lingayen Gulf 10 February . Subsequently steaming to Ulithi she embarked Marine reinforcements destined for Iwo Jima and closed that island 18 March . Loading veterans , she sailed for Pearl Harbor and San Francisco , steaming under the Golden Gate 22 April 1945 to commence repairs . A round - trip voyage out of San Francisco brought seabees from Port Hueneme to Okinawa from 30 May - 15 August 1945 . After hostilities . As part of the " Magic - Carpet " fleet , " George F . Elliott " subsequently made three more round trips from San Francisco , respectively to Pearl Harbor , Yokosuka , and Korea , from 27 August 1945 to 18 January 1946 , and her return to Seattle . Underway for Guam 14 February , she touched there 1 March and soon sailed for Norfolk , Virginia where she put in 3 April 1946 via the Panama Canal . Decommissioning . Decommissioned there 10 June 1946 , she was delivered to the War Shipping Administration the next day and struck from the Navy List 19 June 1946 . Commercial service . " George F . Elliott " was sold to Farrell Lines of New York in 1948 and renamed " African Endeavor " . She was scrapped in 1972 . Awards . " George F . Elliott " was awarded four battle star s for her World War II service .