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USS Samuel Chase (APA-26), launched as SS African Meteor, was an Arthur Middleton-class attack transport manned by the United States Coast Guard during World War II. She was named after Founding Father Samuel Chase, a signatory to the Declaration of Independence. She was decommissioned in February 1947, laid up in the James River near Fort Eustis, Virginia, struck from the Navy register in October 1958, and transferred to Maritime Administration in February 1959. She remained in the James River Reserve Fleet until sold for scrap in May 1973.

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  • USS Samuel Chase (APA-26), launched as SS African Meteor, was an Arthur Middleton-class attack transport manned by the United States Coast Guard during World War II. She was named after Founding Father Samuel Chase, a signatory to the Declaration of Independence. Samuel Chase participated in all five of the major U.S. amphibious invasions in the European Theater of Operations during World War II, starting at Algiers in late 1942 and following with the invasions of Sicily, Salerno, Normandy, and Southern France before going to the Pacific in 1945. There she stood duty at Okinawa, under frequent air attack in the aftermath of its invasion, before participating in delivering occupation troops to Japan and repatriating U.S. troops through the middle of 1946. She was decommissioned in February 1947, laid up in the James River near Fort Eustis, Virginia, struck from the Navy register in October 1958, and transferred to Maritime Administration in February 1959. She remained in the James River Reserve Fleet until sold for scrap in May 1973. (en)
  • De USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) was een Amerikaans transport en aanvalsschip uit de . Het schip werd tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog gebruikt door de United States Coast Guard. Het schip was vernoemd naar . De Samuel Chase werd gebouwd in opdracht van de United States Maritime Commission. De tewaterlating vond plaats op 23 augustus 1941, en op 13 juni 1942 werd het schip officieel in de vaart genomen. De Samuel Chase werd voor het eerst ingezet voor Operatie Torch, waarbij het schip troepen afzette voor de kust van Algiers. Verder was het schip betrokken bij de Landing op Sicilië op 10 juli 1943 en Operatie Neptune. Op 15 januari 1945 werd de Samuel Chase naar de Grote Oceaan gestuurd, maar nam niet deel aan gevechten aldaar. Na de oorlog werd het schip uit de vaart genomen. (nl)
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  • 1941-08-23 (xsd:date)
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  • Sold for scrap 9 May 1973
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  • * One dual purpose gun mount * Four dual purpose gun mounts * Eight 20 mm guns * Four .50 cal (12.7 mm) AA machine guns (en)
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  • * 578 troops * Accommodations:1,304 (en)
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  • *African Meteor *Samuel Chase (en)
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  • USS Samuel Chase (APA-26), launched as SS African Meteor, was an Arthur Middleton-class attack transport manned by the United States Coast Guard during World War II. She was named after Founding Father Samuel Chase, a signatory to the Declaration of Independence. She was decommissioned in February 1947, laid up in the James River near Fort Eustis, Virginia, struck from the Navy register in October 1958, and transferred to Maritime Administration in February 1959. She remained in the James River Reserve Fleet until sold for scrap in May 1973. (en)
  • De USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) was een Amerikaans transport en aanvalsschip uit de . Het schip werd tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog gebruikt door de United States Coast Guard. Het schip was vernoemd naar . Op 15 januari 1945 werd de Samuel Chase naar de Grote Oceaan gestuurd, maar nam niet deel aan gevechten aldaar. Na de oorlog werd het schip uit de vaart genomen. (nl)
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  • USS Samuel Chase (1942) (nl)
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