USS Rochambeau (AP-63) was a transport ship that saw service in the United States Navy during World War II.
Manned by Vichy French Forces after the fall of France in 1940, Maréchal Joffre was in the Philippines when the United States entered World War II.
She was taken over by a crew of downed US Navy fliers from Patrol Wing 10[1] and with the help of some of the French sailors who were not supportive of the Vichy government sailed on the 18th for Balikpapan, whence she proceeded to Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
Rochambeau, converted for use as a casualty evacuation ship, departed Oakland, California, on 20 October for her first operation under the U.S. flag.
Then she was returned to her French owners Messageries Maritimes and resumed the name Marechal Joffre and, operating for WSA, was used to transport American troops from Europe to the United States.