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USS President Jackson (APA-18) was a President Jackson-class attack transport that saw service with the US Navy in World War II and the Korean War. She was the lead ship in her class.
The President Jackson-class attack transport was a class of seven US Navy attack transport that saw service in World War II. Like all attack transports, the purpose of the President Jackson class was to transport troops and their equipment to hostile shores, and once there to execute amphibious invasions.
24 sie 2015 · On 25 March 1944 President Jackson landed Army, Navy, and Construction Battalion units on Emirau Island and in April, with Transport Division Two, she carried the 40th Division, U.S.A., to New...
USS President Jackson (APA-18) under way with the assistance of a tug in the harbor at Yokohama, Japan in November 1954. USS President Jackson (T-APA-18) cards issued to passengers, restricted areas, traffic rules and drills and Abandons Ship station card.
Following shakedown and practice amphibious assault training on the West Coast, President Jackson sailed for the South Pacific on 1 July as a unit of Transport Division 2. She landed the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, on Florida Island, Solomons on 7 August.
The President Jackson-class attack transport was a class of seven US Navy attack transport that saw service in World War II.
On 25 March 1944 President Jackson landed Army, Navy, and Construction Battn.lion units on Emirau Island and in April, with Transport Division Two, she carried the 40th Division, U.S.A., to New Britain, and returned the 1st Marine Division to Russell Island in the Solomons.
