USS Bottineau

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NameUSS Bottineau (APA-235)
Namesake Bottineau County, North Dakota
Builder Kaiser Shipbuilding
Laid down11 October 1944
Launched22 November 1944
Sponsored byMrs Paul Durand
Acquired30 December 1944
Commissioned30 December 1944
Decommissioned31 August 1955
ReclassifiedLPA-235, 1 January 1969 (while in Reserve Fleet)
Stricken1 July 1961
Honours and
awards		One battle star for World War II
FateScrapped 1983
General characteristics
Class and type Haskell-class attack transport
Displacement6,720 tons (lt), 14,837 t. (fl)
Length455 ft
Beam62 ft
Draft24 ft
Propulsion1 × Joshua Hendy geared turbine, 2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 1 × propeller, designed shaft horsepower 8,500
Speed17.5 knots
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × LCM, 12 × LCVP, 3 × LCPU
Capacity86 Officers 1,475 Enlisted
Crew56 Officers, 480 enlisted
Armament1 × 5"/38-caliber dual-purpose gun mount, 1 × quad 40 mm gun mount, 4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, 10 × single 20 mm gun mounts
Notes MCV Hull No. 681, hull type VC2-S-AP5

USS Bottineau (APA-235) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1955. She was scrapped in 1983.

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History

Bottineau was named after Bottineau County, North Dakota. She was launched on 22 November 1944 by Kaiser Shipbuilding of Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; transferred to the Navy 30 December, and commissioned the same day.

World War II

Reporting to the Pacific Fleet, Bottineau carried a cargo of ammunition to Pearl Harbor during March 1945. Departing Pearl Harbor 9 April she carried replacement troops to Saipan, Marianas Islands, and evacuated casualties from Okinawa before returning to the United States on 10 June 1945. She then carried replacement troops to the Philippines and returned to Pearl Harbor to prepare for the invasion of Japan.

Following the Japanese surrender she landed elements of the 98th Division at Wakayama, Honshū, Japan, 1 October 1945. Bottineau departed 6 October for Guam and returned to the United States with Pacific veterans, arriving at Seattle, Washington, 26 January 1946.

Operation Crossroads

Between February and May 1946 Bottineau operated between San Francisco and San Diego. Departing San Pedro, California, 25 May 1946, she arrived at Bikini Atoll 6 June for Operation Crossroads, designed to test the effectiveness of atomic bombs on warships. Over 200 warships participated in the operation, 75 of them as targets.

Bottineau's role in the tests was to act as a transport for the target vessel boarding teams. Following the tests she returned to San Francisco, arriving 21 August. She was placed out of commission in reserve there 8 March 1947.

Cold War

Recommissioned 24 March 1951, Bottineau served with Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet, until August when she steamed to Norfolk, Virginia, arriving 4 September. Bottineau served with the Atlantic Fleet, taking part in amphibious training exercises and other routine peacetime duties, until going out of commission at Philadelphia 31 August 1955.

Fate

She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 July 1961 and returned to the Maritime Administration, who transferred her to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, Virginia. On 1 January 1969, while still in the Reserve Fleet, she was redesignated an amphibious transport, LPA-235. She was sold for scrapping to Sociedad Anonima Desbar S.A. Spain on 1 August 1983.

Awards

For her World War II service Bottineau received one battle star.

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