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    USS Latimer (APA-152), 1944-1971

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    USS Latimer, a 6873-ton Haskell class attack transport built at Portland, Oregon, was commissioned in August 1944. Following shakedown, she carried troops to the South Pacific, then participated in the invasions of Luzon in January 1945 and Okinawa in April. During the remainder of World War II and in the early post-war era, she provided general transportation services. In March 1946, Latimer transferred to the Atlantic, and was placed in reserve at Norfolk, Virginia, in February 1947.

    The Korean War crisis brought Latimer back into commission in September 1950. Thereafter, she served in the Atlantic Fleet, making deployments to the Mediterranean in 1951-52 and 1954-55. She was again decommissioned in May 1956. USS Latimer was sold for scrapping in October 1971.
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