USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14)
USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14) was a Harris-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II.
Hunter Liggett was built as SS Pan America in 1922 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of Sparrows Point, Maryland, and after sailing for many years as a passenger ship was transferred to the Army and renamed Hunter Liggett in February 1939. The transport operated from New York to San Francisco and from the West Coast to Hawaii until 27 May 1941, when she was turned over to the Navy. Converted to Navy use at Brooklyn Navy Yard, she commissioned as AP-27 9 June 1941, Captain L. W. Perkins, USCG, commanding. She was reclassed APA-14 1 February 1943.
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