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Namesake
James O'Hara, born in Ireland in 1752, came to Philadelphia, Pa., from England in 1772. The following year he moved to Pittsburgh and served as a frontier trader and government agent with the Indians in western Pennsylvania and western Virginia. After the start of the Revolutionary War, he enlisted as a private in a company of volunteers and was later elected captain. He journeyed west with a force under George Rogers Clark and participated in the struggle for control of the West. From 1781 to 1783 he served as assistant quartermaster for General Nathaniel Greene. After the war, he returned to Pittsburgh and became a successful businessman. President Washington appointed him Quartermaster General of the Army 19 April 1792. O'Hara resigned his appointment 1 May 1796. From 1796 to 1802 he filled many important government contracts as a businessman. Later he became a prominent manufacturer of glass, and he helped pioneer the cotton trade between the United States and England. In addition, he became a successful banker and an enterprising land speculator. O'Hara died 16 December 1819 in Pittsburgh.
Photo from the U.S. Army Quartermasters Museum |
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USS James O'Hara (APA-90) at anchor near New York Navy Yard, 1 May 1943, soon after commissioning. She and her sister initially
carried three 3"/50 guns, one superfiring over the 5"/51 gun aft and two on the forward end of the long raised deck amidships. All four positions were originally
designed to carry 5"/38 dual purpose guns.
US National Archives, RG-19-LCM. Photo # 19-N-44834 and # 19-N-44838, courtesy Shipscribe.com |
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USS James O'Hara (APA-90) near New York Navy Yard, 1 May 1943, soon after commissioning.
US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo # 19-N-44838, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USS James O'Hara (APA-90) underway, 2 May 1943, location unknown. She is newly converted, with triple Welin davits but as yet without her landing craft.
US Navy photo from "US Amphibious Ships and Craft", by Norman Friedman. |
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USS James O'Hara (APA-90) photographed, 8 June 1943 from a blimp of squadron ZP-14, based at NAS Weeksville, N.C.
US Navy photo # NH 98783 from the collection at the Naval Historical Center |
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A troop train delivering soldiers of the US Army 45th Infantry Division at Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, circa June 1943, for boarding of
USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30) and USS James O'Hara (APA-90) for overseas duty. The 45th Infantry Division saw extensive service in the
Italian campaigns, southern France, the Rhineland and central Europe.
National Archives Identifier 138925976, U.S. Army Signal Corps photos HR-229 S/S Pier; N/S HR-233, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Newport News Virginia. |
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U.S. Navy Task Force 85 (Center Force) en route to the landings at Scoglitti, Sicily, 8 July 1943.
USS Leonard Wood (APA-12) is at left. The next transport astern of her is
USS James O'Hara (APA-90). The destroyer in the center is not identified;
USS Parker (DD-604),
USS Kendrick (DD-612),
USS Laub (DD-613),
USS Mackenzie (DD-614),
USS Cowie (DD-632),
USS Doran (DD-634), and
USS Earle (DD-635) were assigned to this force. Photographed from TF 85's flagship,
USS Ancon (AGC-4).
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # 80-G-215133 |
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USS James O'Hara (APA-90) at anchor in San Francisco Bay, CA., circa 1945-1946.
U.S. Navy photo from the collections of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum |
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USS James O'Hara (APA-90) underway in San Francisco Bay, CA., in late 1945 or early 1946.
US Navy photo # NH 98763 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Donation of Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN Ret, 2003. |
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USS James O'Hara (APA-90) at anchor, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
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USAT James O'Hara moored pierside, location unknown, soon after transfer to US Army, circa 5 April 1946. |
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USAT James O'Hara warping into an Army pier at Seattle, WA., 8 October 1946. Her initial postwar conversion to a civilian manned Army transport was austere: she now has civilian-type lifeboats but retains her wartime Welin davits, and is disarmed but retains her gun emplacements on the bow and the forward end of the amidships superstructure. The Army tug is Lt. Col. Albert H. Barkley
Photo courtesy Shipscribe.com |
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USAT James O'Hara the "flagship of the Seattle Port of Embarkation" circa late 1947. Still in her initial postwar
configuration, she began her full conversion to a peacetime transport in February 1948. Some hull and rigging lines in the forward part of the ship have been crudely
traced over on this print. Photo courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USAT James O'Hara moored pierside at Seattle, WA., circa 19 January 1948.
US Navy photo # NH 98774 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
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USAT James O'Hara under way, date and location unknown. Although this photo is labeled as USNS James O' Hara is clearly in US Army Transportation Corps colors.
US Army photo. |
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USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179)
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Stern view of USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179) pierside, early 1950s, location unknown. Note she is still in ATS colors.
US Navy photo # NH 98773 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179) underway, post 1950 |
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USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179) underway, 4 September 1951, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 98779 from the Military Sealift Command Collection at the Naval Historical Center |
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USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179) off Seattle, WA., 2 September 1952.
US Navy photo # NH 98778 from the Military Sealift Command Collection at the Naval Historical Center |
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USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179) underway, circa 1956, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 98780 from the Military Sealift Command Collection at the Naval Historical Center |
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USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179) underway, circa 1950s, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 98781 from the Military Sealift Command Collection at the Naval Historical Center |
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USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179) underway, early 1950s, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 90559-A from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179) pierside, early 1950s, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 98776 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179) pierside, early 1950s, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 98775 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179) arriving at Pier 91, Seattle, WA., 4 April 1958, bringing servicemen and dependents from Whittier, AK. The tug assisting her appears to be Foss Maritime's tug Shannon Foss. USNS Marine Lynx (T-AP-194) is in the left background, undergoing inactivation for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Astoria, OR.
US Navy photo # NH 98782 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
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USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy MSTS photo |
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USNS James O'Hara (T-AP-179) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy MSTS photo |
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