The USS Bergen (APA-150) was a Haskell-class attack transport built during World War II, serving with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. Constructed by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company in Vancouver, Washington, she was laid down on 25 October 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 815). The vessel was launched on 5 December 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Donald Campbell, and delivered to the Navy on 22 December 1944. She was commissioned the following day at Astoria, Oregon. The ship measured approximately 455 feet in length and was equipped to carry troops, cargo, and landing craft necessary for amphibious operations. After fitting out and initial training at Astoria, Bergen loaded landing craft in San Francisco and completed shakedown and amphibious warfare training until mid-February 1945. Her service began with cargo and passenger loading, followed by movement to Pearl Harbor in March 1945. She participated in logistical support in the Pacific Theater, including evacuating hospital patients from Saipan and supporting operations around Okinawa. Notably, Bergen endured an engineering casualty en route to Saipan, requiring repairs at Eniwetok, and experienced several air raids during the Okinawa campaign in August 1945. Following the end of hostilities, Bergen transported occupation troops to Korea and China, supporting post-war efforts in Jinsen, Taku, and Okinawa. She subsequently returned to the United States, arriving in San Francisco in late January 1946. Her post-war service involved repatriating veterans and supporting occupation duties in Asia. Decommissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, on 24 April 1946, Bergen was transferred back to the Maritime Commission’s War Shipping Administration and placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at James River, Virginia. She remained there until her scrapping in 1973, when she was sold to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. Her brief but active service exemplifies the logistical and amphibious roles played by Haskell-class attack transports during the closing years of World War II.

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