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'''USS ''Rutland'' (APA-192)''' was a [[Haskell class attack transport|''Haskell''-class]] [[attack transport]] built and used by the [[US Navy]] in World War II.  She was a [[Victory ship]] design, VC2-S-AP5.  She was named after [[Rutland County, Vermont]], USA.

== World War II service ==
''Rutland'' was laid down on 4 May 1944 in the [[Kaiser Shipyards]], in  [[Vancouver, Washington]]. She was launched on 10 August 1944. Her sponsor was Mrs. Karl V. Kilgore. She was acquired on a loan-charter basis from the [[Maritime Commission]]. She was commissioned on 29 September 1944.

She reported to the [[CINCPAC|Commander-in-Chief, Pacific]], on 9 October 1944. Her shakedown took place along the [[West Coast of the United States]]. On 30 November 1944 she departed [[Oakland, California]] for [[Pearl Harbor]]. She arrived on 6 December and with other ships of [[Transport Division 47]] loaded the [[5th Marine Division (United States)|5th Marine Division]] at [[Hilo, Hawaii]]. In and around the [[Hawaiian Islands|islands]] she conducted training exercises with the crew and troops.

With the division she departed Pearl Harbor on 27 January 1945 for [[Eniwetok Atoll]], [[Marshall Islands]]. She arrived on 5 February, and then steamed to [[Saipan]] and [[Tinian Island]]s. On 16 February, [[Transport Squadron 16|Squadron 16]], of which Division 47 was a part, steamed to [[Iwo Jima]] and was part of the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]].

[[File:Rutland lowers LCM.jpg|left|thumb|{{USS|Rutland|APA-192}} lowering an LCM off Iwo Jima, 1945]]

At Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, she took part in the assault of the fortified island. She supported her [[landing craft]] that operated on Red Beaches 1 and 2. For eight days, she unloaded troops and cargo and took on the many casualties. Although 11 of the ship with her were lost, and several of her beach party troop personnel were wounded, only one was killed.

''Rutland'' departed Iwo Jima on 27 February. She arrived at Saipan on 2 March 1945, and then steamed on to [[Guam]]. Arriving at Guam her [[USMC|Marine]] casualties debarked. She then steamed to [[Tulagi]] at the [[Solomon Islands]], arriving on 12 March. From there she steamed to  [[Espiritu Santo]] island of [[Vanuatu]] and loaded parts of the [[27th Infantry Division (United States)|27th Division]], [[U.S. Tenth Army|10th Army]]. Her troop were a floating reserve in the [[Battle of Okinawa|invasion of Okinawa]].

The Transport Division 47 debarked at [[Kerama Retto]] island at Okinawan. The ''Rutland'' arrived at [[Kerama Kaikyo]], Okinawa on 9 April 1945 and departed later that day, while enemy planes attacked ships around Okinawa. The [[SS Logan Victory]] and [[SS Hobbs Victory]] sank at Okinawa in battle on 6 April 1945.  The morning of 10 April, ''Rutland'' arrived in meeting area off the island of [[Tsugen Jima]], a [[Japan]] occupied island on the eastern side of [[Okinawa Island]]. There her landing boats landed troops from {{USS|Highlands|APA-119|2}}. At about noon the ''Rutland'' and her convoy ships moved to [[Nakagusuku Wan]] to harbor. She then moved to the main Okinawa bay for a few days, then steamed to Tsugen Jima after it had been secured. During the battle at Tsugen Jima, ''Rutland'' and the ship's landing craft she supported were under fire from [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]], [[canister shot|canister]], and [[rifle]] fire from the island shore. All the boats survived with no serious damage or wounded.

Her ship convoy steamed to the western shores of Okinawa to [[Hagushi]] beach. The beach had been secured on 1 April. The ''Rutland'' unloaded supply to support the troops there. While the beach had been secured the ''Rutland'' and her ship convoy battled many enemy air attacks with the [[deck guns]]. ''Rutland'' helped down four attacking planes.

From Hagushi Okinawa she steamed to Saipan load more landing boats. She steamed to [[Ulithi]] and [[Subic Bay]] for an overhaul and reconditioning. She prepared for [[Operation Downfall|the invasion of the Japanese home islands]] from 26 June until 15 August 1945, with exercises at [[Leyte Island|Leyte]]. But with the [[surrender of Japan]] on 15 August 1945, the training exercises were canceled.

''Rutland'' was one of the first transport ship to arrive off [[Honshū]], mainland Japan. On 2 September the ''Rutland'' steamed into [[Tokyo Bay]]. Troops of the [[1st Cavalry Division (United States)|1st Cavalry Division]] at [[Yokohama]] debarked her.

''Rutland'' steam back to the [[Philippines]] on 4 September. She arrived at Leyte on 11 September. On 16 September she loaded parts of the [[41st Infantry Division (United States)|41st Infantry Division]], [[X Corps (United States)|10th Corps]], [[United States Army|U.S. Army]], and troop cargo at [[Zamboanga City|Zamboanga]], [[Mindanao]], Philippine Islands. She steamed to [[Hiro Wan]], Honshū, Japan and arrived on 6 October and unloaded her crew. On 14 October, as part of [[Operation Magic Carpet]] loaded about 1,900 Navy members at Okinawa, she arrived at [[Seattle]] on 1 November. She returned to Okinawa and again took about 1,900 troops home to the USA.  She was then moved to the [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]] on 29 December 1945.<ref>[http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/amphib/apa192.htm  Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol. VI (1976), pp. 176-177, USN Rutland]</ref>

== Fate ==
''Rutland'' was removed from  commission and placed in the US [[Reserve Fleet]] on 14 January 1946. On 26 February 1947 she was moved and berthed at [[Norfolk, Virginia]]. On 1 October 1958 she was removed from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] and transferred to the Maritime Commission for scrapping. On 31 March 1959 she was moved to the [[National Defense Reserve Fleet]] at James River, Virginia. On 8 June 1982 she was sold to [[Union Minerals & Alloys Corporation]], for $25,000, to be scrapped.  At 10:30 on 24 August 1982, she was withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet and sent to the breaker's yard.

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