USS Leedstown

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USS Leedstown may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:

USS Leedstown (AP-73), was acquired by the US Navy 6 August 1942 and sunk by German bombers near Algiers 9 November 1942
USS Leedstown (APA-56), was launched 13 February 1943 and decommissioned 7 March 1946

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USS Leedstown (AP-73), built as the Grace Line passenger and cargo ocean liner SS Santa Lucia, served as a United States Navy amphibious assault ship in World War II. The ship had first been turned over to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) and operated by Grace Line as the WSA agent from February to August 1942 in the Pacific. In August the ship, at New York, was turned over to the Navy under sub-bareboat charter from WSA. She was sunk 9 November 1942 off the Algerian coast by a German submarine after German bombers caused damage the day before.

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