USS Jerauld (APA-174): USS Jenkins DD-447, USS Jefferson County LST-845, USS Jeffers DD-621, Destroyer, United States Navy, Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Cruiser

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jerauld (APA-174) was launched under Maritime Commission contract by Oregon Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Oregon, 3 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Gloria Dahlberg; acquired and commissioned at Astoria, Oregon, 28 November 1944, Comdr R. E. Perry in command. After undergoing shakedown off California, Jerauld sailed from Seattle, Washington, 5 February 1945 carrying Army flyers and civilian workers to Pearl Harbor. She arrived 16 February and began 4 weeks of amphibious exercises in the Hawaiian Islands.