USN · AP
AfloatLa Grange put advance troops ashore at Kerama Retto for the Okinawa landings and stayed to support the fighting ashore. A kamikaze hit her in Buckner Bay on 13 August 1945, killing 21 men and wounding 89.
| Class | Haskell class |
|---|---|
| Type | Transport (AP) |
| Hull | APA-124 |
| Builder | California Shipbuilding, Wilmington |
| Launched | 1944-09-01 |
| Commissioned | 1944-11-11 |
| Fate | Afloat. She was decommissioned at San Francisco on 27 October 1945 and returned to the War Shipping Administration. |
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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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