USS Collingsworth (APA/LPA-146) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1985.
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Collingsworth |
| Namesake | Collingsworth County, Texas |
| Builder | California Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 6 October 1944 |
| Launched | 2 December 1944 |
| Completed | 26 February 1945 |
| Acquired | 27 February 1945 |
| Commissioned | 27 February 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 17 March 1946 |
| Stricken | 28 March 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 15 April 1985 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Haskell-class attack transport |
| Displacement | 6,873 tons (lt), 14,837 t (fl) |
| Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft (7 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × geared turbine, 2 × header-type boilers, 1 × propeller, designed 8,500 shp (6,338 kW) |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | |
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| Complement | 56 officers, 480 enlisted |
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History
editCollingsworth was launched 2 December 1944 by California Shipbuilding Corp., San Pedro, California, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. R. H. Moulton; acquired 27 February 1945 and commissioned the same day. The hull and engine are a standard Victory ship design, she was the 62nd (TR30) Victory ship hull built by CalShip in just 143 days.[1][2]
After one cargo voyage to Pearl Harbor (8 May-4 June 1945), Collingsworth departed Seattle, Washington, 27 June and sailed by way of Saipan and Ulithi to Okinawa, arriving 12 August. She carried troops for the occupations of Inchon, Korea, and Chinwangtao and Qingdao, China, until 28 November when she sailed with homeward-bound servicemen for Tacoma, Washington, arriving 19 December. She discharged her passengers and sailed for San Pedro, California, the Panama Canal and Norfolk, Virginia, arriving 28 February 1946.
Decommissioning and fate
editShe was decommissioned there 17 March 1946 and transferred to the Maritime Commission 20 March 1946. She was laid up in the James River and sold for scrap on 15 April 1985.
References
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- ^ "Victory Ships". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ Not to be confused with the 1920 Collingsworth made in Philadelphia, Steam merchant (Hog Island)
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