High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Catron (APA-71) was a Gilliam-class attack transport serving in the United States Navy during World War II, named for Catron County, New Mexico. Catron was launched on 28 August 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California; sponsored by Mrs. A. O. Williams of Wilmington; acquired on 27 November 1944; and commissioned on 28 November 1944, with Lieutenant Commander D. MacInnes in command. Catron stood out of San Pedro, California, on 18 January 1945, bound for training in the Solomon and Florida Islands. She arrived at Purvis Bay on 5 February, and on 21 March reported at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, to combat load for the assault on Okinawa. Carrying men of the 6th Marines and their cargo, she arrived off Okinawa for the initial assault on 1 April. Through the first week of the last large campaign of the Pacific War, Catron remained offshore for the next week, landing cargo to support the Marines in their push across the island.

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