Haskell was the name ship of the Haskell-class attack transports, APA-117. California Shipbuilding launched her at Wilmington on 13 June 1944. She was commissioned on 11 September 1944. A long class of attack transports would carry her name, and she was the first of them.
On 11 January 1945 she came off Lingayen Gulf in the reinforcement echelon under Rear Admiral Conolly. The first landings on those beaches were already two days old. She unloaded troops and cargo into that second wave of shipping, a lift meant to thicken the force already ashore.
During a raid that same day her gunners brought one enemy plane down. The gulf was still under air attack while the reinforcement ships worked their boats, and Haskell's guns took their part in that raid.
On 29 January 1945 she put troops ashore at Zambales, north of Subic Bay, in a landing that went unopposed. She was decommissioned on 22 May 1946, and two battle stars were awarded for the war.