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Haskell Class, U.S. Attack Transports

Photograph of USS Telfair, a Haskell-class attack transport

Schematic diagram of Haskell class transport

ONI 222

Displacement	6873 tons standard
Dimensions	455' by 62' by 28'
Maximum speed	17 knots
Complement	532
Armament	1 5"/38 dual-purpose guns 12 40mm Bofors AA guns 10 20mm Oerlikon AA guns
Machinery	1-shaft Westinghouse geared turbine (6000 shp) 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Bunkerage	1177 tons
Passengers	1562
Cargo	2900 tons 150,000 cubic feet

The Haskells were completed from 1944 to 1945. They were Victory Ships (VC2-S-AP5) converted to troop transport duty. They carried 2 LCM(3), 21-22 LCVPs, 1-2 LCP(L), and 1 LCP(R) to get the troops ashore. Built to high standards and in large numbers, they constituted the majority of the Navy's attack transport fleet clear into the 1960s.

The ships cost about $4.5 million apiece.

Units in the Pacific:

Bollinger	1944-7-9 (Vancouver)
La Porte	1944-8-14 (Portland)
Sarasota	1944-8-16 (Richmond)
Latimer	1944-8-28 (Astoria)
Oconto	1944-9-2 (Vancouver)
Olmsted	1944-9-5 (Vancouver)
Laurens	1944-9-7 (Wilmington)
Haskell	1944-9-11 (Wilmington)
Oxford	1944-9-11 (Astoria)
Lowndes	1944-9-14 (Portland)
Pickens	1944-9-18 (Vancouver)
Lycoming	1944-9-20 (Astoria)
Sherburne	1944-9-20 (Richmond)
Pondera	1944-9-24 (Vancouver)
Mellette	1944-9-27 (Portland)
Hendry	1944-9-29 (Wilmington)
Rutland	1944-9-29 (Vancouver)
Napa	1944-10-1 (Portland)
Sibley	1944-10-2 (Richmond)
Sanborn	1944-10-3 (Vancouver)
Highlands	1944-10-5 (Wilmington)
Newberry	1944-10-7 (Portland)
Sandoval	1944-10-7 (Vancouver)
Drake	1944-10-10 (Portland)
Lenawee	1944-10-11 (Vancouver)
Mifflin	1944-10-11 (Richmond)
Deuel	1944-10-13 (Portland)
Logan	1944-10-14 (Vancouver)
Hinsdale	1944-10-15 (Wilmington)
Dickens	1944-10-18 (Portland)
Lubbock	1944-10-18 (Vancouver)
McCracken	1944-10-21 (Astoria)
Drew	1944-10-22 (Portland)
Hocking	1944-10-22 (Wilmington)
Magoffin	1944-10-25 (Vancouver)
Tazewell	1944-10-25 (Richmond)
Eastland	1944-10-26 (Portland)
Missoula	1944-10-27 (Richmond)
Marathon	1944-10-28 (Vancouver)
Edgecombe	1944-10-30 (Portland)
Menard	1944-10-31 (Astoria)
Talladega	1944-10-31 (Richmond)
Telfair	1944-10-31 (Richmond)
Effingham	1944-11-1 (Portland)
Kenton	1944-11-1 (Wilmington)
Montrose	1944-11-2 (Richmond)
Menifee	1944-11-4 (Vancouver)
Kittson	1944-11-5 (Wilmington)
Fond du Lac	1944-11-6 (Portland)
Meriwether	1944-11-7 (Vancouver)
Natrona	1944-11-8 (Richmond)
Freestone	1944-11-9 (Portland)
Lagrange	1944-11-11 (Wilmington)
Rawlins	1944-11-11 (Vancouver)
Gage	1944-11-12 (Portland)
Gallatin	1944-11-15 (Portland)
Navarro	1944-11-15 (Richmond)
Renville	1944-11-15 (Vancouver)
St. Mary's	1944-11-15 (Wilmington)
Mountrail	1944-11-16 (Richmond)
Neshoba	1944-11-16 (Richmond)
Gosper	1944-11-18 (Portland)
Rockbridge	1944-11-18 (Vancouver)
Franville	1944-11-21 (Portland)
Allendale	1944-11-22 (Wilmington)
New Kent	1944-11-22 (Richmond)
Rockingham	1944-11-22 (Astoria)
Grimes	1944-11-23 (Portland)
Hyde	1944-11-26 (Wilmington)
Noble	1944-11-27 (Richmond)
Jerauld	1944-11-28 (Astoria)
Marvin H. McIntyre	1944-11-28 (Wilmington)
Okaloosa	1944-11-28 (Richmond)
Saint Croix	1944-12-1 (Vancouver)
Kershaw	1944-12-2 (Portland)
Karnes	1944-12-3 (Astoria)
Okanogan	1944-12-3 (Richmond)
San Saba	1944-12-3 (Vancouver)
Oneida	1944-12-4 (Richmond)
Sevier	1944-12-5 (Vancouver)
Bandera	1944-12-6 (Wilmington)
Kingsbury	1944-12-6 (Portland)
Lander	1944-12-9 (Astoria)
Beckham	1944-12-10 (Wilmington)
Pitt	1944-12-11 (Richmond)
Lauderdale	1944-12-12 (Astoria)
Cottle	1944-12-14 (Vancouver)
Attala	1944-12-15 (Wilmington)
Bland	1944-12-15 (Wilmington)
Randall	1944-12-16 (Richmond)
Bosque	1944-12-17 (Wilmington)
Audubon	1944-12-20 (Vancouver)
Lanier	1944-12-22 (Richmond)
Bergen	1944-12-23 (Vancouver)
Bingham	1944-12-23 (Richmond)
Bowie	1944-12-23 (Wilmington)
Braxton	1944-12-29 (Wilmington)
Bottineau	1944-12-30 (Vancouver)
Broadwater	1945-1-2 (Wilmington)
Brookings	1945-1-6 (Wilmington)
Arenac	1945-1-8 (Wilmington)
Clearfield	1945-1-12 (Wilmington)
Rockwall	1945-1-14 (Astoria)
Crockett	1945-1-18 (Vancouver)
Barnwell	1945-1-19 (Wilmington)
Buckingham	1945-1-23 (Wilmington)
Clermont	1945-1-28 (Vancouver)
Botetourt	1945-1-31 (Wilmington)
Clinton	1945-2-1 (Astoria)
Colbert	1945-2-7 (Wilmington)
Collingsworth	1945-2-27 (Wilmington)

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