USS Rutland ( APA - 192 ) USS " Rutland " ( APA - 192 ) 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 Rutland County , Vermont , USA . World War II service . " Rutland " was laid down on 4 May 1944 by Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp . , Vancouver , Washington ; launched on 10 August 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Karl V . Kilgore ; acquired on a loan - charter basis from the Maritime Commission and commissioned on 29 September 1944 , Commander Francis K . O ' Brien in command . Reporting to Commander - in - Chief , Pacific , on 9 October 1944 , " Rutland " underwent shakedown along the Pacific coast and departed Oakland , California , for Pearl Harbor on 30 November 1944 . Arriving on 6 December , flagship " Rutland " , and other ships of Transport Division 47 loaded the 5th Marine Division at Hilo , Hawaii , and conducted training exercises for the crew and troops in and around the islands . The division departed Pearl Harbor on 27 January 1945 for Eniwetok Atoll , Marshall Islands , arriving on 5 February , and then proceeded on to Saipan and Tinian Island s . On 16 February , Squadron 16 , of which Division 47 was a part , sailed for the invasion of Iwo Jima . On the morning of D - Day , 19 February 1945 , " Rutland " participated in the assault on that strongly fortified island . Her landing craft operated on Red Beaches 1 and 2 , with her beach party in charge of Red Beach 2 . For eight days , she unloaded troops and cargo and handled casualties . Although 11 of her boats were lost and several of her beach party personnel were wounded , not one man was killed . Leaving Iwo Jima on 27 February , " Rutland " arrived at Saipan on 2 March , went on to Guam , where her Marine casualties were unloaded , and next got underway to pick up replacement boats at Tulagi , Solomon Islands , where she arrived on 12 March . She proceeded on to Espiritu Santo and loaded part of the 27th Division , 10th Army , to act as a floating reserve in the invasion of Okinawa . Transport Division 47 proceeded to Kerama Retto and " Rutland " entered Kerama Kaikyo on the morning of 9 April only to get underway that evening while enemy planes attacked ships in the vicinity . At dawn on 10 April , she arrived in the inner transport area off Tsugen Jima , a small enemy occupied island on the eastern side of Okinawa , where " Rutland " ' s boats landed troops from . Soon after noon , the ships shifted berth to Nakagusuku Wan , a large bay on Okinawa proper , and remained there until Tsugen Jima had been secured two days later . During the operations at Tsugen Jima , the ship ' s landing craft were subjected to considerable mortar , canister , and rifle fire from the island , and though hardly a boat escaped unscathed , no serious damage resulted and no men were wounded . From Tsugen Jima , the ships sailed to the Hagushi beaches on the western shores of Okinawa , which had been secured on D - Day , 1 April , and proceeded with unloading operations . This phase continued until the 16th , while the transport area experienced numerous enemy air attacks . " Rutland " assisted in shooting down four enemy planes . From Okinawa , " Rutland " went to Saipan for boats to replace those transferred to the boat pool at Okinawa , then underwent overhaul and reconditioning at Ulithi and Subic Bay . From 26 June until 22 August , she prepared for the invasion of the Japanese home islands with exercises at Leyte and Ilaiho . With the Japanese acceptance of surrender terms , these training exercises were canceled . Among the first transports to arrive off Honshū , " Rutland " put into Tokyo Bay on 2 September , disembarked troops of the 1st Cavalry Division at Yokohama , and got underway again on the 4th to return to the Philippines . Arriving at Leyte a week later , she embarked elements of the 41st Infantry Division , 10th Corps , U . S . Army , and troop cargo at Zamboanga , Mindanao , Philippine Islands , on 16 September , and carried them to Hiro Wan , Honshū , Japan , which she reached on 6 October via Leyte and Okinawa . On 14 October , she embarked almost 1 , 900 Navy passengers at Okinawa for passage to the United States , arriving at Seattle on 1 November . She made one last run to Okinawa and back before being assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet on 29 December 1945 . Fate . Navy - owned as of 14 January 1946 , " Rutland " was placed out of commission in reserve , on 26 February 1947 and berthed at Norfolk , Virginia where she remained until struck from the Navy List and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 1 October 1958 . She entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet at James River , Virginia on 31 March 1959 . On 8 June 1982 she was sold to Union Minerals & Alloys Corporation , for US $ 25 , 000 , to be scrapped . At 1030 EDT , on 24 August 1982 she was withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet and sent to the breaker ' s yard . Awards . " Rutland " earned two battle star s for World War II service .