Andromeda-class attack cargo ship

The Andromeda-class attack cargo ships were a class of Type C2 ship-based 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 dual-purpose gun was recognized as the best weapon for the dual role of antiaircraft and naval gunfire support, and the Bofors 40 mm automatic gun 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 Builder Laid down Launched Fate AKA-15 199 22 Sep 1942 22 Dec 1942 2 Apr 1943 1 May 1956 AKA-16 205 28 Apr 1943 23 Jul 1943 21 Aug 1943 23 May 1946 AKA-17 3 Sep 1943 21 Oct 1943 30 Apr 1946 AKA-18 23 Oct 1943 16 Dec 1943 22 May 1946 AKA-19 203 2 Feb 1943 26 Apr 1943 10 Jun 1943 Oct 1967 AKA-20 204 9 Mar 1943 4 Jun 1943 16 Jul 1943 1 Jul 1961 19 Aug 1966 18 Feb 1971 AKA-53 6 Sep 1943 3 Dec 1943 31 Jan 1944 1 Jul 1963 1 Sep 1961 1 Jul 1963 (ex-James Barnes) AKA-54 1153 10 Dec 1942 17 Feb 1943 27 Nov 1943 3 Dec 1943 21 Jul 1944 2 Jan 1958 17 Nov 1961 23 Jul 1970 AKA-55 209 29 Oct 1943 26 Jan 1944 1 Apr 1944 14 Jan 1956 () AKA-56 1159 6 Jul 1943 22 Apr 1944 16 Mar 1948 19 Mar 1949 12 Aug 1971 () AKA-57 14 Aug 1943 31 May 1944 30 Mar 1948 12 Oct 1950 10 Feb 1970 AKA-58 15 Mar 1944 14 Jun 1944 21 Apr 1959 25 Jun 1966 Mar 1972 AKA-59 11 May 1944 8 Jul 1944 11 May 1956 AKA-60 17 Mar 1944 29 Jul 1944 30 Aug 1944 11 Feb 1955 AKA-61 13 May 1944 26 Aug 1944 23 Oct 1944 28 Aug 1970 AKA-62 214 19 Jun 1944 17 Oct 1944 1 Dec 1944 10 May 1946 AKA-63 215 18 Jul 1944 31 Oct 1944 22 Dec 1944 10 May 1946 AKA-88 1188 27 Mar 1944 20 May 1944 18 Aug 1944 1957 18 Nov 1961 1 Dec 1968 AKA-89 1189 7 Apr 1944 29 May 1944 30 Aug 1944 3 Dec 1957 AKA-90 1190 22 Apr 1944 12 Jun 1944 11 Sep 1944 30 Jan 1958 AKA-91 1191 2 May 1944 22 Jun 1944 21 Sep 1944 16 Aug 1955 AKA-92 1192 6 May 1944 28 Jun 1944 30 Sep 1944 10 Jul 1959 Nov 1961 31 Oct 1975 AKA-93 1193 22 May 1944 8 Jul 1944 11 Oct 1944 Mar 1958 17 Nov 1961 20 Jan 1971 AKA-94 216 10 Jul 1944 30 Nov 1944 19 Jan 1945 1 Feb 1957 24 Nov 1961 Nov 1969 AKA-95 29 Apr 1945 20 Jun 1945 19 Jul 1955 AKA-96 15 Sep 1944 22 Dec 1944 15 Mar 1945 4 Apr 1947 16 Feb 1952 31 Oct 1968 AKA-97 219 19 Oct 1944 28 Jan 1945 31 Mar 1945 26 Jun 1946 19 Jan 1952 17 Sep 1969 AKA-98 12 Feb 1945 12 Apr 1945 22 Nov 1955 AKA-99 2 Dec 1944 11 Mar 1945 27 Apr 1945 late 1945 23 Feb 1952 1 May 1956 AKA-100 26 Dec 1944 15 Apr 1945 6 Jun 1945 1968 AKA-110 rowspan=2 rowspan=2 rowspan=2 rowspan=2 canceled before keel laid 27 Aug 1945 AKA-111 2898

Andromeda-class attack cargo ship

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