Effingham (APA-165) served as an attack transport of the Haskell class. Oregon Shipbuilding at Portland launched her on 29 September 1944, and the Navy commissioned her on 1 November 1944.
Training with the 1st Marines was held at Guadalcanal. She staged at Ulithi, and the landing ahead was Okinawa.
The landings opened on 1 April 1945. For six days she remained off Okinawa, getting cargo ashore and beating off air attacks.
Those six April days off Okinawa were her assault. She came through the war. On 17 May 1946 she was decommissioned. One battle star stands on her wartime record.