USS Cleburne

USS Cleburne (APA-73) was a Gilliam-class attack transport that served with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946.

From 12 February 1945 to 10 June, Cleburne made two voyages from west coast ports to conduct training in the Hawaiian Islands, returning each time with passengers and hospital patients.

She sailed from San Francisco 28 June to transfer troops in the western Pacific, calling at Eniwetok, Guam, Ulithi, Okinawa, ports in the Philippines, and Jinsen, Korea.

On 7 December she sailed to carry men to Shanghai and Qingdao, China, returning to San Francisco 13 February 1946.

After use in Operation Crossroads, the atomic weapons tests at Bikini Atoll, she was towed to San Francisco and transferred to the Maritime Commission 7 July 1947.