USS Oxford, one of 117 Haskell-class attack transports, was built to a modified Victory ship design at Vancouver, Washington, and was commissioned in September 1944. After shakedown training off Seattle and San Diego, she loaded troops and sailed for New Guinea, where she arrived in November. In January 1945 Oxford participated in landing operations in Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines. She also provided transport services during the initial landings at Okinawa in early April. Arriving at San Francisco in May to load replacement troops, she transported them to the Central and Southwest Pacific. On her way back to the United States in July she had to put in at Midway to repack her stern tube. Oxford arrived at San Pedro in mid-August to receive voyage repairs.
In late August 1945, after the Japanese had agreed to surrender, Oxford left San Francisco with replacement troops. Following stops in the Central Pacific and Japan, she brought Pacific War veterans to San Francisco in late November as part of Operation "Magic Carpet." In February 1946 she steamed to the East Coast for disposal. USS Oxford was decommissioned at Norfolk and returned to the Maritime Commission in April, stricken from the Navy List in May, and placed in the Maritime Commission's reserve fleet. She was sold for scrapping in July 1974.
This page features our only view of USS Oxford (APA-189).
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Page made 17 December 2003