USS Zeilin (APA-3) - During World War II, the U.S. Navy acquired the ship in July 1940 and classified the ship as a transport, hull number AP-9. On 3 January 1942 the ship was commissioned USS Zeilin. On 26 November 1942 Zeilin was reclassified to Harris-class attack transport, hull number APA-3. Zeilin served throughout the war and was decommissioned on 19 April 1946 at Portsmouth, Virginia. The ship was delivered for scrapping on 4 May 1948.

 

USS Zeilin (APA-3) underway in San Francisco Bay, California, circa late 1945.

USS Zeilin (APA-3) was an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ship launched for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) on 19 March 1921 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia as Silver State. After operation by commercial lines for the USSB, during which the ship was renamed President Jackson, the ship was purchased and operated commercially until laid up in the late 1930s.

During World War II, the U.S. Navy acquired the ship in July 1940 and classified the ship as a transport, hull number AP-9. On 3 January 1942 the ship was commissioned USS Zeilin. On 26 November 1942 Zeilin was reclassified to Harris-class attack transport, hull number APA-3. Zeilin served throughout the war and was decommissioned on 19 April 1946 at Portsmouth, Virginia. The ship was delivered for scrapping on 4 May 1948.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)

More information - 

https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03003.htm - Includes war history and photos

https://www.amazon.com/Attack-Transport-U-S-S-Zeilin-History/dp/0741406144

https://military.wikia.org/wiki/USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)

https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-xz/apa3.htm