USS Pinkney
USS Pinkney (APH-2) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Pinkney |
| Namesake | Ninian Pinkney, who developed the field of surgery and medicine for the U.S. Navy. |
| Ordered | As Type C2-S1-A1 hull, MC hull 176 |
| Builder | Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, California |
| Laid down | 3 June 1941, as SS Alcoa Corsair |
| Launched | 4 December 1941 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Ruth Grove of Berkeley, California |
| Acquired | By the Navy, 27 November 1942 and on 1 March 1950 |
| Commissioned | 27 November 1942 as USS Pinkney (APH-2) |
| Decommissioned | 9 September 1946 |
| In service | 1947 as USAT Private Elden H. Johnson |
| Out of service | 1950 |
| Refit | Converted to a transport at Puget Sound Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company for the U.S. Army |
| Stricken | 27 December 1957 |
| Honors and awards | Six battle stars during World War II |
| Fate | Scrapped, 28 September 1970 |
| Notes | Returned to service as USNS Private Elden H Johnson (T-AP-184) on 1 March 1950; removed from service on 26 December 1957. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tryon-class evacuation transport |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 450 ft 2 in (137.21 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 25 ft 7 in (7.80 m) (max) |
| Propulsion | Steam turbine, single shaft, 8,500 hp (6,338 kW) |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Troops | 1,166 |
| Complement | 460 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Pinkney (APH-2) was a Tryon-class evacuation transport that was assigned to the U.S. Navy during World War II. Pinkney served in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations and returned home safely post-war with six battle stars but missing 18 crew members who were killed in action.
In 1947 she was acquired by the U.S. Army who renamed her USAT Pvt. Elden H. Johnson and retained her in Army service until 1950 when she was returned to the Navy and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Pvt. Elden H Johnson (T-AP-184).