Menifee (APA 202) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 Boilers- they make her Launching cla1y.TI1e stern 2 BUILDING THE MENIFEE Q0 ln l944, the production magic of Kaiser's ship- yards on the West Coast was turned to the building of assault transports. U. S. Pacific forces were bringing the war against lapan to a climax when Kaiser yards at Vancouver, Wash., Port- land, Ore., and Richmond, Calif., started deliv- ering l3.PH's to the Navy for the final assault on the Iapanese home islands. The U.S.S. Menifee CHPH 2025 had her begin- ning 2l Iuly when her keel went down in the Vancouver yard. Due to hurry-up Kaiser meth- ods, such as pre-fabricating Whole sections of ships separately, the Menifee's building pr'o- ceeded at a pace unheard of in peacetime. Eighty-six days after the keel was laid, a bottle of champagne-was smashed against the Meni- fee's bow, and the mighty M slid down the ways into the Columbia river. Outfitting took another Z0 days. During this period, nearly all the Warrant officers and sev- eral other officers and men assigned the Meni- fee were aboard her becoming familiar with their new ship. On 4 November, the Menifee steamed down the river to Hstoria to be com- missioned and taken over by the Navy.

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