USS Sevier ( APA - 233 ) USS " Sevier " ( APA - 233 ) was a that saw service with the US Navy in World War II . " Sevier " was named after counties in Arkansas , Tennessee , and Utah . She was laid down on 4 October 1944 under Maritime Commission contract ( MC hull MCV 679 ) by Kaiser Shipbuilding of Vancouver , Washington ; launched on 16 November 1944 , and commissioned on 5 December 1944 , Capt . A . R . Ponto in command . Operational history . World War II . " Sevier " departed Seattle , Washington , on 20 December for San Pedro , California , where she underwent shakedown from 27 December 1944 to 26 January 1945 . Sailing from Los Angeles on 6 February , she underwent a week of training near Pearl Harbor , and then continued westward to Eniwetok , where on 28 February , she joined a convoy bound for Iwo Jima . Invasion of Iwo Jima . " Sevier " was held in a waiting station off the island of Iwo Jima until 14 March , when she anchored to evacuate marines of the 4th Division who had participated in the assault . Departing Iwo Jima on 20 March , she disembarked the marines at Maui , T . H . , on 5 April ; and then underwent repairs to her main thrust bearing from 6 to 30 April at Pearl Harbor . Embarking 1 , 193 officers and men of the 125th Construction Battalion and 171 marines , " Sevier " left Pearl on 12 May with a convoy , which , after a brief stop at Eniwetok , arrived at Ulithi on 26 May . Invasion of Okinawa . " Sevier " was held at Eniwetok until 13 June ; and then ordered to Okinawa , where she arrived on 17 June . During her two days and nights anchored off Okinawa , " Sevier " worked continuously unloading the Seabees and marines and their equipment . Underway on 19 June , she witnessed the intensive air and sea bombardment of the southern end of the island , before setting course for the United States . Repairs . " Sevier " arrived at San Francisco on 13 July and then proceeded to the Everett Pacific Shipyard near Seattle for repairs to her propeller shaft . " Sevier " returned to San Francisco on 27 July , sailed for Pearl Harbor on 1 August , and arrived there on 7 August . After hostilities . " Sevier " joined in the celebration of VJ - Day at Pearl Harbor and , on 26 – 27 August , embarked troops at Hilo Harbor for the occupation of Japan . Sailing from Pearl on 1 September , she stopped at Saipan from 13 to 16 September and entered Sasebo , Japan , on 22 September where she unloaded her troops and supplies . Underway three days later , she arrived at Manila on 30 September and then embarked more occupation troops in Lingayen Gulf from 3 to 6 October . Underway on 9 October , the transport arrived at Sasebo on 14 October and disembarked her troops between 20 and 22 October . Assigned next to Operation Magic Carpet , " Sevier " sailed from Sasebo on 23 October ; and , on 27 and 28 October , embarked servicemen at Saipan for the trip home to the United States . She disembarked them at San Francisco on 10 November , and , after moving to Bremerton , Washington , sailed from there on 24 November to bring home troops from Guam and Manus . Returning to Seattle on 29 December , " Sevier " remained inactive at Port Angeles from 31 December 1945 to 6 March 1946 , when she was assigned further duties supporting occupation troops in the western Pacific . After a voyage to Pearl Harbor and back , " Sevier " sailed from San Francisco on 16 April for Yokosuka where she arrived on 29 April . Sailing again on 3 May , she touched at Midway on 9 May ; and then arrived at Pearl on 13 May . There , she was assigned the duty of evacuating personnel from Bikini in preparation for the atomic bomb tests . Departing Pearl on 28 May , she was at Kwajalein and Bikini from 3 to 8 June before sailing for San Francisco , where she arrived on 18 June . She remained on the west coast until sailing on 7 September 1946 from San Diego for Yokosuka , where she arrived on 23 September . The transport departed Yokosuka on 26 October and spent the next three months at anchor in Chinese ports : at Tsingtao from 29 October 1946 to 15 January 1947 and at Chinwangtao from 16 to 22 January . Sailing for home , she stopped at Guam from 27 to 31 January and at Pearl Harbor from 8 to 13 February before arriving at San Francisco on 18 February to prepare for deactivation . Decommission . " Sevier " was decommissioned at Suisun Bay , California , on 30 April 1947 and delivered to the Maritime Commission ' s National Defense Reserve Fleet there on the same day . She was struck from the Navy List on 23 June 1947 . On 1 January 1969 , she was redesignated LPA - 233 . She was sold for scrapping on 15 February 1980 . Decorations . " Sevier " received two battle star s for her World War II service .