Pacific ships
USS Pickens (APA-190)

USN · AP

Afloat

Haskell attack transport whose counties lie in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. She landed the 4th Marine Division at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945 and joined the southeastern Okinawa feint on 1 April, with two battle stars credited.

ClassHaskell class
TypeTransport (AP)
HullAPA-190
BuilderKaiser Shipbuilding, Vancouver
Launched1944-07-21
Commissioned1944-09-18
FateAfloat. Norfolk decommissioning came on 12 April 1946, and the Maritime Commission had her again on 18 April, the Navy List dropping her on 1 May. She was still in the James River berthing area as late as 1970.
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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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