USN · AP
AfloatHaskell attack transport named for a Virginia county, the first ship to carry the name. Commissioned 22 November 1944. She landed troops on Okinawa's western beaches on 1 April 1945 and earned one battle star.
| Class | Haskell class |
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| Type | Transport (AP) |
| Hull | APA-217 |
| Builder | Permanente Metals, Richmond |
| Launched | 1944-10-12 |
| Commissioned | 1944-11-22 |
| Fate | Afloat. She decommissioned on 29 July 1949 and berthed with the Orange, Texas, group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned on 10 October 1951, she was inactivated again in 1954 and returned to Orange. Her name was struck on 1 October 1958. |
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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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