Pacific ships
USS McCracken (APA-198)

USN · AP

Afloat

Haskell attack transport named for a Kentucky county. She landed assault troops at Okinawa on 1 April 1945 and returned to Buckner Bay in July, with one battle star credited.

ClassHaskell class
TypeTransport (AP)
HullAPA-198
BuilderKaiser, Vancouver
Launched1944-09-20
Commissioned1944-10-21
FateAfloat. She decommissioned at Stockton on 10 October 1946. Her name was struck on 1 October 1958, and into 1969 she remained at Suisun Bay in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
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