USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13)

USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13) in the process of disembarking troops, c. 1943
History
United States
Name:	USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13)
Namesake:	US Army General Joseph T. Dickman
Builder:	New York Shipbuilding
Launched:	6 July 1921
Christened:	Peninsula State
Completed:	January 1922
Acquired:	(by the Navy) 27 May 1941
Commissioned:	(As AP-26) 10 June 1941
Decommissioned:	7 March 1946
Renamed:	President Pierce, President Roosevelt, USS Joseph T. Dickman
Reclassified:	AP-26 to APA-13, 1 February 1943
Struck:	12 April 1946
Honours and awards:	Six battle stars for World War II service
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 9 January 1948
General characteristics
Class and type:	Harris-class attack transport
Displacement:	13,529 tons (lt), 21,900 t.(fl)
Length:	535 ft 2 in
Beam:	72 ft 4 in
Draft:	31 ft 3 in
Propulsion:	2 x Bethlehem Steel Curtis type turbines, 8 x Yarrow header-type boilers, 2 propellers, designed shaft horsepower 10,000.
Speed:	17 knots
Capacity:	Troops: 95 Officers, 1,961 Enlisted Cargo: 170,000 cu ft, 2,600 tons
Complement:	Officers 58, Enlisted 635
Armament:	4 x 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 x twin 40mm gun mounts, 18 x single 20mm gun mounts.

2 x Bethlehem Steel Curtis type turbines, 8 x Yarrow header-type boilers,

USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13) was a Harris-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II.

Joseph T. Dickman was built as Peninsula State for the United States Shipping Board by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, in 1921 and 1922. She began transatlantic service for United States Lines in 1922, and soon afterward in May was renamed President Pierce. In August 1922 the ship was renamed President Roosevelt, a name she carried during her many years of passenger service.

In January 1926, President Roosevelt was involved in the rescue of the crew of the British cargo ship SS Antinoe that foundered in the Atlantic Ocean in January 1926. George Fried, the Roosevelt's captain, was given a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan in honor of his heroism.

In the summer of 1928, the American Olympic Team sailed on President Roosevelt to compete in the Ninth Olympiad in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

On 30 January 1932, the Italian ocean iner Roma rammed President Roosevelt at New York, inflicting severe damage on President Roosevelt.

In 1939 agreement was reached with the American Electric Launch Company (Elco) to purchase a British Power Boat 70-footer (later named USS PT-9), as a template for American production under licence. PT-9 was taken by President Roosevelt to Elco's works at New London, Connecticut. On 3 October 1939 Scott-Paine met President Franklin D. Roosevelt and senior Elco representatives at the White House to authorize the creation of a new naval arm, the patrol torpedo boat ("PT boat") squadrons. Production of PT boats started at a new Elco factory at Bayonne, New Jersey, in January 1940.