Pacific ships
USS Dickens (APA-161)

USN · AP

Afloat

Dickens was a Haskell-class attack transport from Oregon Shipbuilding at Portland that brought reinforcements from Guam ashore on Okinawa in mid-May 1945 and carried two battle stars on her wartime record.

ClassHaskell class
TypeTransport (AP)
HullAPA-161
BuilderOregon Shipbuilding, Portland
Launched1944-09-08
Commissioned1944-10-18
FateAfloat. She came through the war and was decommissioned on 21 May 1946.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

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