WW2 LOT - 8 Original Photos USS KERSHAW APA-176 Pacific War Japan Tokyo Yokasuka for Sale

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WW2 LOT - 8 Original Photos USS KERSHAW APA-176 Pacific War Japan Tokyo Yokasuka For Sale

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WW2 LOT - 8 Original Photos USS KERSHAW APA-176 Pacific War Japan Tokyo Yokasuka:
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WW2 LOT - 8 Original Photos USS KERSHAW APA-176 Pacific War Japan Tokyo Yokasuka

Photo content:

Tokyo Bay

TransDiv Forty-Four

US APA's at Aomori

APA-176 at Anchor

Deck view of USS Kershaw

Shipyards at Yokasuka

USS Kershaw APA-176

Following a short overhaul period at San Francisco, California, the transport loaded cargo and troops to replace veterans in the occupation area. She cleared San Francisco 17 August and steamed into Tacloban, Leyte, 10 September. From there she ferried occupation troops to Honshū, Japan, before returning to San Pedro, California, 19 October. On the third of four additional Operation Magic Carpet cruises to the Far East, Kershaw delivered equipment to Bikini Atoll for the atomic tests before sailing on to Samar to embark another 2,000 veterans for return to San Francisco 25 May. On her final cruise she took on units of the 2d Marines at Sasebo before transiting the Panama Canal and arriving Norfolk, Virginia, 8 August.

Decommissioning and fate

Kershaw remained at Portsmouth, Virginia, until she decommissioned 20 December 1946, and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Norfolk. Struck from the Navy List 1 October 1958, she joined the National Defense Reserve Fleet 19 December 1958 and was berthed in James River, Virginia. She was sold for scrapping in 1982.