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Neshoba

Afloat

Haskell attack transport named for a Mississippi county. Commissioned 16 November 1944. On 1 April 1945 her boats joined the first waves against Okinawa's southern beaches, and she was credited with one battle star.

Class	Haskell class
Type	Transport (AP)
Hull	APA-216
Builder	Permanente Metals, Richmond
Launched	1944-10-07
Commissioned	1944-11-16
Fate	Afloat. She decommissioned at Stockton on 4 December 1946 and stayed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet until the Maritime Administration took her on 4 September 1958. Her name was struck on 1 October 1958. Into 1970 she lay at Suisun Bay in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Command	Drury, Martin J. Commissioned her, 16 November 1944

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

Command

MDDrury, Martin J.Commissioned her, 16 November 1944

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