The USS Thomas Stone (APA-29) was a President Jackson-class attack transport laid down on August 12, 1940, and launched on May 1, the following year. It was commissioned on May 18, 1942, under Capt. O. R. Bennehoff’s command with the hull number APA-29 and served in the U.S. Navy for 2 years until it was decommissioned on April 1, 1944. During its activity, the ship carried a complement of 593 people on board and had its main missions in Norfolk, Belfast, and Algiers. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on April 8, 1944, and sold for scrapping to Le Material Economique in Algiers. For the services brought to the country during World War II, the USS Thomas Stone received 1 battle star.
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