USN · AP
AfloatHaskell attack transport named for a county in northeast Texas. Commissioned in November 1944. She lay off Okinawa on Easter Sunday 1945, the morning of the invasion, and was credited with one battle star. She later served off Vietnam and was laid up at Suisun Bay in 1970.
| Class | Haskell class |
|---|---|
| Type | Transport (AP) |
| Hull | APA-215 |
| Builder | Permanente Metals, Richmond |
| Launched | 1944-10-03 |
| Commissioned | 1944-11-15 |
| Fate | Afloat. Stockton held her after she first left commission on 15 March 1946. San Diego was the port for the later decommissioning, which followed her redesignation as LPA-215 on 1 January 1969. From 20 August 1970 she lay at Suisun Bay under the Maritime Administration. |
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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