USS President Polk

USS President Polk (AP-103)
USS President Polk (AP-103)
History
United States
Name
  • SS President Polk (1941 – 4 October 1943)
  • USS President Polk AP-103 (4 October 1943 – 26 January 1946)
  • SS President Polk (26 January 1946 – 15 July 1965)
  • Gaucho Martin Fierro (15 July 1965)
  • Minotauros 1966
NamesakeUS President James Polk
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding
Laid down7 October 1940
Launched28 June 1941
Sponsored byMiss Patricia Kennedy
Acquired(by the Navy): 6 September 1943
Commissioned4 October 1943
Decommissioned26 January 1946
Stricken25 February 1946
IdentificationMCV Hull Type C3-P&C, MCV Hull No. 110
Honours &
awards		Six battle stars for World War II service
FateScrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan 1970
General characteristics
Class & typePresident Jackson-class attack transport
Displacement9,000 tons (lt), 11,760 t. (fl)
Length491 ft 10 in (149.91 m)
Beam63 ft (19 m)
Draft25 ft 10 in (7.87 m)
Propulsion
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
CapacityUnknown
Complement354
Armament

USS President Polk (AP-103) was a President Jackson-class attack transport in the service of the United States Navy during World War II.

President Polk was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia (MC hull 110) 7 October 1940; launched 28 June 1941; sponsored by Miss Patricia Kennedy. The ship was delivered to American President Lines (APL) in 1941 when she began operating as of 5 December as SS President Polk, a transport under government charter in the Pacific reinforcing Pacific bases, until 6 September 1943 when the ship was requisitioned and acquired by the Navy for conversion to a troop ship. The ship commissioned as USS President Polk (AP-103) at San Diego 4 October 1943. After the war she was returned to APL for commercial operations.

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