USN · AP
AfloatLa Porte landed troops and equipment in Lingayen Gulf in January 1945 despite air attack, then sailed for the Okinawa invasion. A kamikaze dove at her on 3 April and was shot down short of the ship.
| Class | Haskell class |
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| Type | Transport (AP) |
| Hull | APA-151 |
| Builder | Oregon Shipbuilding, Portland |
| Launched | 1944-06-30 |
| Commissioned | 1944-08-14 |
| Fate | Afloat. She was decommissioned at Norfolk on 25 March 1946, returned to the War Shipping Administration three days later, and laid up in the James River. |
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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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