Pacific ships
USS Marathon (APA-200)

USN · AP

Afloat

Haskell attack transport named for a Wisconsin county. She landed troops at Okinawa on 1 April 1945 and on 22 July took extensive damage in Buckner Bay from a kaiten sent by I-53, with two battle stars credited.

ClassHaskell class
TypeTransport (AP)
HullAPA-200
BuilderKaiser Shipbuilding, Vancouver
Launched1944-10-07
Commissioned1944-10-28
FateAfloat. Mine clearance in Japanese waters ended with a homeward turn late in February 1946. At San Francisco on 8 May she left commission and went back to the owners.

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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