medical facilities, a large group of American, British, and Canadian servicemen who had been prisoners of war on Japanese-held islands, some since 1941. She carried these veterans via Pearl Harbor to Seattle, where she arrived 12 October. Gosper then joined the "Operation Magic Carpet" fleet for the gigantic task of bringing home the combat-weary soldiers from the Pacific, sailing from Seattle 26 October. She made two passages to Pearl Harbor and back, carrying veterans, and departed 8 February 1946 for the U.S. East Coast, via the Panama Canal. Decommissioning and fate Gosper arrived Newport News, Virginia, 24 February 1946, and decommissioned 10 April 1946. She was subsequently returned to the Maritime Commission and placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in the James River, Virginia. In 1946 she was struck from the Navy List. She was sold for scrapping on 15 March 1974 to Isaac Verla, Castellon de la Plana, Spain, for $127,007. Awards Gosper received one battle star for World War II service. References External links NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Gosper (APA-170) World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Haskell-class attack transports Ships built in Portland, Oregon 1944 ships