Andromeda-class attack cargo ship

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The Andromeda-class attack cargo ships were a class of amphibious cargo ship built by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. in Kearny, New Jersey, and Moore Dry Dock Co., in Oakland, California, during World War II. Like all attack cargo ships, they were designed to carry combat loaded military cargo and landing craft, and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and troops on enemy shores during amphibious operations.

All these ships were built on the same standard hull design, but there were some differences from ship to ship. The armament varied, as did that of the other ships of the day. During 1944–1945, the 5"/38 was recognized as the best gun for the dual role of antiaircraft and naval gunfire support, and the 40 mm was seen as the best antiaircraft gun. The older 20 mm and .50 caliber guns had been recognized to be of limited value, and were being phased out, though they appeared on some of these ships. The 20 mm guns were later removed from all of them, but it is not clear just when this happened.

The complement varied as well, but the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships figures sometimes seem to confuse ship's company with embarked troops in determining a ship's complement.

Ships

List of Andromeda-class ships

Name	Hull no.	MC hull	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm.	Decomm.	Fate
Template:USS	AKA-15	199	FSBD	22 Sep 1942	22 Dec 1942	2 Apr 1943	1 May 1956	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-16	205	FSBD	28 Apr 1943	23 Jul 1943	21 Aug 1943	23 May 1946	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-17		FSBD		3 Sep 1943	21 Oct 1943	30 Apr 1946	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-18		FSBD		23 Oct 1943	16 Dec 1943	22 May 1946	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-19	203	FSBD	2 Feb 1943	26 Apr 1943	10 Jun 1943	Oct 1967	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-20	204	FSBD	9 Mar 1943	4 Jun 1943	16 Jul 1943	1 Jul 1961	Template:Indented plainlist
						19 Aug 1966	18 Feb 1971
Template:USS	AKA-53		FSBD	6 Sep 1943	3 Dec 1943	31 Jan 1944	1 Jul 1963	Template:Indented plainlist
						1 Sep 1961	1 Jul 1963
Template:USS (ex-James Barnes)	AKA-54	1153	MDD	10 Dec 1942	17 Feb 1943	27 Nov 1943	3 Dec 1943	Template:Indented plainlist
						21 Jul 1944	2 Jan 1958
						17 Nov 1961	23 Jul 1970
Template:USS	AKA-55	209	FSBD	29 Oct 1943	26 Jan 1944	1 Apr 1944	14 Jan 1956	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS (ex-Mischief)	AKA-56	1159	MDD		6 Jul 1943	22 Apr 1944	16 Mar 1948	Template:Indented plainlist
						19 Mar 1949	12 Aug 1971
Template:USS (ex-Spitfire)	AKA-57		MDD		14 Aug 1943	31 May 1944	30 Mar 1948	Template:Indented plainlist
						12 Oct 1950	10 Feb 1970
Template:USS	AKA-58		FSBD		15 Mar 1944	14 Jun 1944	21 Apr 1959	Template:Indented plainlist
						25 Jun 1966	Mar 1972
Template:USS	AKA-59		FSBD		11 May 1944	8 Jul 1944	11 May 1956	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-60		FSBD	17 Mar 1944	29 Jul 1944	30 Aug 1944	11 Feb 1955	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-61		FSBD	13 May 1944	26 Aug 1944	23 Oct 1944	28 Aug 1970	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-62	214	FSBD	19 Jun 1944	17 Oct 1944	1 Dec 1944	10 May 1946	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-63	215	FSBD	18 Jul 1944	31 Oct 1944	22 Dec 1944	10 May 1946	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-88	1188	MDD	27 Mar 1944	20 May 1944	18 Aug 1944	1957	Template:Indented plainlist
						18 Nov 1961	1 Dec 1968
Template:USS	AKA-89	1189	MDD	7 Apr 1944	29 May 1944	30 Aug 1944	3 Dec 1957	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-90	1190	MDD	22 Apr 1944	12 Jun 1944	11 Sep 1944	30 Jan 1958	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-91	1191	MDD	2 May 1944	22 Jun 1944	21 Sep 1944	16 Aug 1955	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-92	1192	MDD	6 May 1944	28 Jun 1944	30 Sep 1944	10 Jul 1959	Template:Indented plainlist
						Nov 1961	31 Oct 1975
Template:USS	AKA-93	1193	MDD	22 May 1944	8 Jul 1944	11 Oct 1944	Mar 1958	Template:Indented plainlist
						17 Nov 1961	20 Jan 1971
Template:USS	AKA-94	216	FSBD	10 Jul 1944	30 Nov 1944	19 Jan 1945	1 Feb 1957	Template:Indented plainlist
						24 Nov 1961	Nov 1969
Template:USS	AKA-95		FSBD		29 Apr 1945	20 Jun 1945	19 Jul 1955	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-96		FSBD	15 Sep 1944	22 Dec 1944	15 Mar 1945	4 Apr 1947	Template:Indented plainlist
						16 Feb 1952	31 Oct 1968
Template:USS	AKA-97	219	FSBD	19 Oct 1944	28 Jan 1945	31 Mar 1945	26 Jun 1946	Template:Indented plainlist
						19 Jan 1952	17 Sep 1969
Template:USS	AKA-98		FSBD		12 Feb 1945	12 Apr 1945	22 Nov 1955	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-99		FSBD	2 Dec 1944	11 Mar 1945	27 Apr 1945	late 1945	Template:Indented plainlist
						23 Feb 1952	1 May 1956
Template:USS	AKA-100		FSBD	26 Dec 1944	15 Apr 1945	6 Jun 1945	1968	Template:Indented plainlist
Template:USS	AKA-110			—	—	—	—	canceled before keel laid 27 Aug 1945
Template:USS	AKA-111	2898	FSBD

See also

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• List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships
• List of ship classes of World War II

External links

• United States Maritime Commission C2 Type Ships