USS Arenac (APA-128)

Haskell Class Attack Transport:

Laid down, 9 July 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 44) at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, CA.

Launched, 14 September 1944

Acquired by the US Navy, 8 January 1945, from the Maritime Commission

Commissioned USS Arenac (APA-128), 8 January 1945, CDR. James H. Carrington USN (25) in command

During World War II USS Arenac was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
TransRon Twenty-Three, COMO A.S. Witherspoon;
TransDiv Sixty-Eight, (flagship) CAPT. C.R. Crutcher USN (18) and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 3 to 6 June 1945

Following World War II USS Arenac was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
20 September to 1 November 1945
24 December 1945 to 4 January 1946

Decommissioned, 10 July 1946, at Yorktown, VA.

Delivered to the Maritime Administration, 15 October 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1958

USS Arenac earned one battle star for her World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 21 August 1974, Consolidated Steel Corp., Brownsville, TX. (PD-X-981) for $298,999.00, withdrawn from the James River Reserve Fleet, 25 October 1974