On Dec. 8th, I wrote about Norman Hartnett serving on board the USS Frederick Funston during WW II. I did a follow up on the ship in wikipedia.
This attack transport served in both the Army and the Navy during WW II and was also in the Korean War. It was the lead ship of its class of two and heavily armed with anti-aircraft guns to protect the troops it carried. It was named after a Medal of Honor-winning US Major General.
Launched in September, 1941, it served first in the US Army before going over to the navy. where it was commissioned in April 1942.
It took part in the invasions of Sicily and Salerno in the Mediterranean and then went to the Pacific where it took part in the attacks on Saipan, Leyte, Luzon, and Iwo Jima.
It later saw some service in the Korean War and was scrapped in 1969.
A Little-Known Vessel, But Did Its Part. --Cooter
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