USN · AP
AfloatHinsdale sent Marines ashore with the first wave at Iwo Jima, then was crashed by a kamikaze off Okinawa before dawn on 1 April 1945. She still landed her troops, was towed to Kerama Retto, and later brought men home from Japan.
| Class | Haskell class |
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| Type | Transport (AP) |
| Hull | APA-120 |
| Builder | California Shipbuilding, Wilmington |
| Launched | 1944-07-22 |
| Commissioned | 1944-10-15 |
| Fate | Afloat. She left commissioned service on 8 April 1946. Four days later the Maritime Commission accepted her, and she was berthed near Norfolk in the James River reserve fleet. |
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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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