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Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate	Modification
AKA64	Tolland	130	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	4.1944	26.6.1944	9.1944	stricken 7.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA65	Shoshone	133	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	5.1944	17.7.1944	9.1944	stricken 7.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA66	Southampton	135	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	5.1944	28.7.1944	9.1944	stricken 7.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA67	Starr	137	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	6.1944	18.8.1944	9.1944	stricken 6.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA68	Stokes	139	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	6.1944	31.8.1944	10.1944	stricken 7.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA69	Suffolk	141	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	7.1944	15.9.1944	10.1944	stricken 7.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA70	Tate	143	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	7.1944	26.9.1944	11.1944	stricken 7.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA71	Todd	145	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	8.1944	10.10.1944	11.1944	stricken 7.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA72	Caswell	147	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	1944	24.10.1944	12.1944	stricken 6.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA73	New Hannover	148	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	8.1944	31.10.1944	12.1944	stricken 8.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA74	Lenoir	149	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	9.1944	6.11.1944	12.1944	stricken 6.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA75	Alamance	150	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	9.1944	11.11.1944	12.1944	stricken 7.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA76	Torrance	127	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	1944	6.6.1944	6.1944	stricken 7.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA77	Towner	128	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	4.1944	18.6.1944	6.1944	stricken 6.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA78	Trego	129	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	4.1944	20.6.1944	7.1944	stricken 6.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA79	Trousdale	131	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	4.1944	3.7.1944	7.1944	stricken 5.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA80	Tyrrell	132	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	5.1944	30.7.1944	7.1944	stricken 5.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA81	Valencia	134	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	5.1944	22.7.1944	8.1944	stricken 5.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA82	Venango	136	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	6.1944	9.8.1944	8.1944	stricken 5.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA83	Vinton	138	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	6.1944	25.8.1944	9.1944	stricken 6.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA84	Waukesha	140	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	7.1944	6.9.1944	9.1944	stricken 7.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA85	Wheatland	142	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	7.1944	21.9.1944	10.1944	stricken 5.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA86	Woodford	144	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	7.1944	5.10.1944	10.1944	stricken 5.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA87	Duplin	146	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	1944	17.10.1944	10.1944	stricken 5.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA101	Ottawa	189	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	10.1944	29.11.1944	2.1945	stricken 3.1947	Tolland subclass
AKA102	Prentiss	190	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	10.1944	6.12.1944	2.1945	stricken 6.1946	Tolland subclass
AKA103, 1.1969- LKA103	Rankin	193	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	10.1944	22.12.1944	2.1945	stricken 1.1977	Rankin subclass
AKA104, 1.1969- LKA104	Seminole	194	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	1944	28.12.1944	3.1945	stricken 9.1976	Rankin subclass
AKA105, 1.1969- LKA105	Skagit	187	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	9.1944	18.11.1944	5.1945	stricken 7.1969	Rankin subclass
AKA106, 1.1969- LKA106	Union	188	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	9.1944	23.11.1944	4.1945	stricken 1.1976	Rankin subclass
AKA107, 1.1969- LKA107	Vermilion	191	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	10.1944	12.12.1944	6.1945	stricken 1.1977	Rankin subclass
AKA108, 1.1969- LKA108	Washburn	192	North Carolina SB, Wilmington	10.1944	18.12.1944	5.1945	stricken 10.1976	Rankin subclass
AKA109	San Joaquin	265	Federal, Kearny	---	---	---	cancelled 8.1945	Rankin subclass
AKA110	Sedgwick	266	Federal, Kearny	---	---	---	cancelled 8.1945	Rankin subclass
AKA111	Whitfield	267	Federal, Kearny	---	---	---	cancelled 8.1945	Rankin subclass

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	8635
Displacement full, t	13910
Length, m	132.6 wl 139.9 oa
Breadth, m	19.2
Draught, m	7.92 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 set General Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Combustion Engineering or Foster Wheeler boilers
Power, h. p.	6000
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	oil 1553
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 16 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4
Military load	15 - 16 LCVP, 8 LCM(3), 1 LCP(L), 4450 t of cargo Tolland class by 1945: 6 LCM(6), 2 LCM(3), 13 LCVP, 1 LCPL, 5275 t of cargo, 62 marines
Electronic equipment	presumably SF or SG or SH or SL or SO or SU radar
Complement	404

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Project history

USN military transport vessels were sectioned into two groups: АР for transportation of troops and АК for carriage of goods and technics. The majority of them were built on the basis of standard types С2, С3 and С4 and differed from usual cargo ships a little.

For delivery of troops and cargoes directly to a beaching place assault landing transport ships (АРА and АКА) served, which main difference from АК and АР consisted that they were extra equipped with disembarkation craft of LCVP, LCM and LCP (L) types; with their help delivery of people and cargoes to beach also was effected.

Originally similar ships were not outlined in own subclass and were registered as АР and АК. In February, 1943 reorganisation was done and assault transports have received indexation АРА and АКА.

Two ships of Doyen class, projected even on the eve of war for landing operations in Caribbean basin, became the first American assault military transports. The overwhelming majority of remaining АРА and АКА has been converted from merchant cargo and cargo-passenger vessels or constructed in hulls of standard cargo vessels built by the big series in days of war. An exception were specially projected as assault transports Gilliam (АРА) and Artemis (АКА) classes.

Besides the large landing transport ships of АРА and АКА classes, small landing parties and subversive groups were landed by fast landing transports (APD) converted from become outdated Wickes and Clemson classes destroyers and destroyer escorts of Buckley and Rudderow classes.

Ships of Tolland/Rankin classes were built in standard C2-S-AJ3 type hulls.

Modernizations

None.

1/1946: 1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 16 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, SF or SG or SH or SL or SO or SU radar

Naval service

Tyrrell 2.4.1945 was damaged at Okinawa by kamikaze. Starr 9.4.1945 was damaged at Okinawa by Japanese suicide boat.



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