USS Goodhue ( APA - 107 ) USS " Goodhue " ( APA - 107 ) was a that served with the US Navy during World War II . " Goodhue " - named after Goodhue County , Minnesota - was initially laid down as " Sea Wren " on 7 January 1944 by Western Pipe & Steel of San Francisco , California . She was launched under Maritime Commission contract on 31 May , transferred to the Navy and commissioned on 11 November 1944 , Captain L . D . Sharp , Jr . , in command . Operational history . " Goodhue " underwent shakedown training off San Pedro and took part in amphibious training exercises 8 – 21 December off San Diego , preparing for her part in the massive landings still to come in the Pacific War . The ship loaded vehicles at San Diego and sailed 4 January 1945 for Seeadler Harbor , Admiralty Islands , where she arrived 21 January . There the vessel loaded passengers and cargo and sailed for Hollandia , New Guinea , anchoring 4 February . After steaming to Leyte Gulf 4 – 12 February , " Goodhue " carried supplies to various bases in the area and took part in amphibious training until 25 February . She then began to load troops and supplies for the Okinawa invasion , as American forces neared the last stop in their victorious sweep across the Pacific . More landing drills followed , after which the transport got underway in convoy for Okinawa 21 March . Arriving off Kerama Retto 26 March , " Goodhue " and the other transports put ashore troops to secure the island group as a base for the coming invasion of nearby Okinawa . Battle damaged at Kerama Retto . " Goodhue " remained at Kerama Retto during the initial landings 1 April and while returning to sea the evening of 2 April underwent a heavy air attack . As gunners from " Goodhue " , screen ships , and other transports fired furiously , suicide planes attempted to crash the loaded ships . took a kamikaze hit on her bridge and was also crashed . " Goodhue " ' s gunners splashed a plane on the starboard quarter , but another headed directly for her from dead ahead . Unable to bring her full firepower to bear in that direction , " Goodhue " could not divert the attacker , which hit the mainmast and fell astern of the ship . Exploding bombs from the aircraft caused many casualties and fires , killing 27 and wounding 117 , but the ship did not suffer serious structural damage and was able to continue . Subsequently , " Goodhue " was based at Kerama Retto repairing battle damage . Okinawa . " Goodhue " rejoined her transport squadron 10 April . She transferred her Army Medical Detachment to Ie Shima by LST 17 April and landed the main body of her embarked troops 20 April . Nearing the beaches in a predawn operation , she landed her reinforcements and retired , undergoing air attack again that afternoon . Cargo was off loaded under cover of smokescreens by 24 April and 2 days later " Goodhue " joined a convoy bound for Ulithi . The transport arrived Ulithi 30 April after a grueling month at Okinawa , and departed 22 May for San Francisco . There she loaded additional troops for the Pacific fighting and sailed again 25 June . Steaming by way of Eniwetok and Ulithi , Goodhue arrived Manila 21 July and disembarked troops . She then sailed for Lingayen Gulf , loading troops , and engaged in training operations 7 – 13 August . Word of the Japanese surrender arrived 15 August as another assault was about to take place . After hostilities . " Goodhue " ' s next assignment was to carry occupation troops to Japan , and she loaded soldiers at Subic Bay and Cebu , Philippine Islands . The convoy arrived Sagami Bay , Japan , 8 September . Unloading her troops , the transport brought on board nearly 1 , 000 liberated prisoners of war - British , Dutch , and Norwegian as well as American . She sailed for Manila 12 September and disembarked the men 6 days later . Operation Magic Carpet . From there " Goodhue " visited Cebu and Subic Bay to load veterans on Operation Magic Carpet , the giant task of transporting the veteran soldiers and sailors back to the United States . Sailing 11 October , the ship arrived San Pedro , California , via Pearl Harbor 3 November 1945 . She made one more voyage to the Pacific bringing back veterans of the fighting in the Philippines , and sailed from San Francisco 2 February 1946 for Hampton Roads , Virginia , via the Panama Canal . " Goodhue " arrived 19 February and was decommissioned on 5 April . Goodhue received one battle star for World War II service . Commercial service . " Goodhue " was turned over to the Maritime Commission who sold her to the Matson Navigation Company on 15 April 1947 . The vessel was renamed " Hawaiian Citizen " and put into service transporting cargo and 12 passengers between California and Hawaii . In August 1959 the vessel was converted into a container ship . The passenger accommodations were removed and net tonnage increased . " Hawaiian Citizen " thus re - entered service in April 1960 as the first all - containerized vessel operating from the West Coast . " Hawaiian Citizen " was operated by the Oceanic Steamship Company from 8 March 1971 until being returned to service with Matson on 9 January 1976 . The vessel was laid up in San Francisco on 25 January 1981 . She was sold for scrap to the Chi Shun Hua Steel Company of Kaohsiung , Taiwan on 25 November of the same year . On 6 December 1981 , " Hawaiian Citizen " departed on her final voyage , under tow from San Francisco .