Pacific ships
USS Pondera (APA-191)

USN · AP

Afloat

Pondera was a Haskell-class attack transport built by Kaiser at Vancouver that sent troops ashore at Nakagusuku Wan on 3 and 4 May 1945 and that night aided Carina (AK-74) after a suicide boat damaged that cargo ship.

ClassHaskell class
TypeTransport (AP)
HullAPA-191
BuilderKaiser, Vancouver
Launched1944-07-27
Commissioned1944-09-24
FateAfloat. She came through the war after the call at Nakagusuku Wan.

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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