Sponsored by Mrs. R. K. Forde Decommissioned 14 October 1943 Length 150 m Builder Ingalls Shipbuilding | Acquired 30 September 1943 Launched 17 July 1943 Displacement 7.348 million kg | |
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Name USS Knox (APA-91)
(MC Hull No. 430) Reclassified AP-91 to APA-46, 1 February 1943 Commissioned 30 September 1943 (ferry) | ||
USS Knox (APA-46) was a Bayfield-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. She was named for counties in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas.
The vessel was laid down by Ingalls Shipbuilding under a Maritime Commission contract, and launched 17 July 1943. She was fitted out as an attack transport at Bethlehem Steel in Brooklyn, New York and commissioned as USS Knox (APA-46) on 4 March 1944.
Knox served in the Pacific Theater of Operations and received five battle stars for wartime operations.
On 14 March 1946 Knox was decommissioned, struck from the Navy Vessel Register on 1 May, and returned to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 14 May.
In 1947 Knox was sold to Isthmian Lines and renamed Steel Recorder. She was later sold on to States Marine Lines and named Constitution State. She was scrapped in Taiwan in 1971.