Dane (APA-258)
1945-1946
A county in the state of Wisconsin.
(APA-238: displacement 6,720; length 455'0"; beam 62'0"; draft 24'0"; speed 17.0 knots; complement 692; troop capacity 1,5 61; armament 1 5-inch, 8 40 millimeter, 10 20 millimeter; class Haskell)
Dane (APA-238) was launched on 9 August 1945 by Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., ortland, Oregon, under a Maritime Commission contract (M. C. V. Hull 862); sponsored by Mrs. D. A. Button; transferred to the Navy on 29 October 1945; and commissioned the same day, Capt. D. K. Day in command.
Dane made three Magic Carpet voyages to the Western Pacific from 29 December 1945 to 10 July 1946, bringing home veterans from Okinawa, Guam, Peleliu, Manus, Truk, and Kwajalein. She remained at San Francisco until placed out of commission on 20 December 1946.
She was transferred to the Maritime Administration on 17 August 1958.
