The USS Attu was laid down (by Kaiser Shipbuilding Company), launched and officially commissioned in 1944. She was decommissioned in 1946 and had her name struck from the Naval Vessel Register that same year. In early 1947 and like many navy vessels seeing combat in the Second World War (which, incidentally, she earned 2 Battle Stars for her exploits), she was unceremoniously sold off for scrapping. The USS Attu was named after the Aleutian Island chain's westernmost and largest island "Attu" off the coast of Alaska. She was originally called "Elbour Bay" before being renamed on November 6th, 1943. In her post-war time, she served under the name of "Gay" as a merchant class vessel.
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