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Online Library of Selected Images:
U.S. NAVY SHIPS -- Listed by Hull Number
APA/LPA -- Attack Transports
In the early 1940s, as the Navy expanded in response to the
threat of involvement in World War II, a large number of civilian
passenger ships and larger freighters were acquired, converted
to transports and given hull numbers in the AP series. Some of
these were outfitted with heavy boat davits and other arrangements
to enable them to handle landing craft for amphibious assault
operations. In 1942, when the AP number series had already extended
beyond 100, it was decided that these amphibious warfare ships
really constituted a separate category of warship from conventional
transports. Therefore, the new classification of Attack Transport
(APA) was created and new numbers were assigned to fifty-eight APs (AP
#s 2, 8-12, 14-18, 25-27, 30, 34-35, 37-40, 48-52, 55-60, 64-65
and 78-101) then in commission or under construction.
The actual reclassification of these ships was not implemented
until February 1943, by which time two ships that had APA numbers
assigned (Joseph Hewes and Edward Rutledge) had
been lost. Another two transports sunk in 1942, George F. Elliot and Leedstown, were also configured as attack transports but did not survive to be reclassified as such.
As World War II went on, dozens of new construction merchant
ships of the Maritime Commission's S4, C2, C3 and VC2 ("Victory")
types were converted to attack transports, taking the list of
APA numbers to 247, though fourteen ships (APAs 181-186 and APAs
240-247) were cancelled before completion. In addition, as part
of the 1950s modernization of the Navy's amphibious force with
faster ships, two more attack transports (APA-248 and APA-249)
were converted from new "Mariner" class freighters.
However, by the end of that decade, it was clear that boats
would soon be superseded by amphibious tractors (LVTs) and helicopters
for landing combat assault troops. These could not be supported
by attack transports in the numbers required, and new categories
of amphibious ships began to replace APAs throughout the 1960s.
By 1969, when the surviving attack transports were redesignated
LPA (retaining their previous numbers), only a few remained in
commissioned service. The last of these were decommissioned in
1980 and sold abroad, leaving only a few throughly obsolete
World War II era hulls still laid up in the Maritime Administration's
reserve fleet. The APA/LPA designation may, therefore, now be
safely considered extinct.
This page provides the hull numbers of all U.S. Navy attack
transports numbered in the APA series, as implemented in February
1943, with links to those ships with photos available in the Online
Library.
See the list below to locate photographs of individual attack
transports numbered in the APA series.
If the attack transport you want does
not have an active link on this page, contact the Photographic
Section concerning other research options.
Left Column --
Attack Transports numbered
APA-1 through APA-99:
- APA-1: Doyen (1943-1946),
originally AP-2
- APA-2: Harris (1940-1948),
originally AP-8
- APA-3: Zeilin
(1942-1948),
originally AP-9
- APA-4: McCawley
(1940-1943),
originally AP-10
- APA-5: Barnett
(1940-1946),
originally AP-11
- APA-6: Heywood
(1940-1946),
originally AP-12
- (No APA #): : George
F. Elliot (1941-1942) (AP-13) -- would have become an
APA if she had not been lost
- APA-7: Fuller
(1941-1946),
originally AP-14
- APA-8: William P. Biddle (1941-1946), originally
AP-15
- APA-9: Neville
(1941-1946),
originally AP-16
- APA-10: Harry Lee (1940-1948),
originally AP-17
- APA-11: Feland (1943-1964),
originally AP-18
- APA-12: Leonard Wood (1941-1946),
originally AP-25
- APA-13: Joseph T. Dickman (1941-1946), originally
AP-26
- APA-14: Hunter
Liggett (1941-1946),
originally AP-27
- APA-15: Henry T. Allen (1941-1946), originally
AP-30; later AG-90
- APA-16: J. Franklin Bell (1941-1946), originally
AP-34
- APA-17: American
Legion (1941-1946), originally AP-35
- APA-18: President
Jackson (1942-1973), originally AP-37
- APA-19: President
Adams (1941-1974), originally AP-38
- APA-20: President
Hayes (1941-1973), originally AP-39
- APA-21: Crescent
City (1941-1948),
originally AP-40
- APA-22: Joseph Hewes (1942-1942), originally
AP-50. APA # not actually used
- APA-23: John Penn (1942-1943), originally AP-51
- APA-24: Edward Rutledge (1942-1942), originally
AP-52. APA # not actually used
- APA-25: Arthur Middleton (1942-1973), originally
AP-55
- APA-26: Samuel Chase (1942-1973), originally
AP-56
- APA-27: George Clymer (1942-1968), originally
AP-57
- APA-28: Charles Carroll (1942-1977), originally
AP-58
- APA-29: Thomas Stone (1942-1945), originally
AP-59
- (No APA #): : Leedstown (1942-1942) (AP-73) -- probably would have become an APA if she had not been lost
- APA-30: Thomas Jefferson (1942-1973), originally
AP-60
- APA-31: Monrovia (1942-1969), originally AP-64
- APA-32: Calvert (1942-1977), originally AP-65
Note: APA-33 through APA-56 were originally designated
AP-78 through AP-101, respectively. None of these ships had any
service as APs.
- APA-33: Bayfield (1943-1969)
- APA-34: Bolivar (1943-1972)
- APA-35: Callaway (1943-1946)
- APA-36: Cambria (1943-1971)
- APA-37: Cavalier (1944-1969)
- APA-38: Chilton (1943-1974)
- APA-39: Clay (1943-1946)
- APA-40: Custer (1943-1947)
- APA-41: Du Page (1943-1947)
- APA-42: Elmore (1943-1947)
- APA-43: Fayette (1943-1947)
- APA-44: Fremont (1943-1974)
- APA-45: Henrico (1943-1976)
- APA-46: Knox (1943-1946)
- APA-47: Lamar (1943-1948)
- APA-48: Leon (1943-1946)
- APA-49: Ormsby (1943-1947)
- APA-50: Pierce (1943-1947)
- APA-51: Sheridan (1943-1947)
- APA-52: Sumter (1943-1947)
- APA-53: Warren (1943-1946)
- APA-54: Wayne (1943-1947)
- APA-55: Windsor
(1943-1946)
- APA-56: Leedstown (1943-1946)
- APA-57: Gilliam (1944-1946)
- APA-58: Appling (1944-1955)
- APA-59: Audrain (1944-1972)
- APA-60: Banner (1944-1948)
- APA-61: Barrow (1944-1948)
- APA-62: Berrien (1944-1966)
- APA-63: Bladen (1944-1955)
- APA-64: Bracken (1944-1948)
- APA-65: Briscoe (1944-1948)
- APA-66: Brule (1944-1948)
- APA-67: Burleson (1944-1968),
later IX-67
- APA-68: Butte (1944-1948)
- APA-69: Carlisle (1944-1946)
- APA-70: Carteret (1944-1948)
- APA-71: Catron
(1944-1948)
- APA-72: Clarendon (1944-1946)
- APA-73: Cleburne
(1944-1965)
- APA-74: Colusa
(1944-1965)
- APA-75: Cortland (1945-1966)
- APA-76: Crenshaw (1945-1964)
- APA-77: Crittendon (1945-1947)
- APA-78: Cullman
(1945-1965)
- APA-79: Dawson
(1945-1948)
- APA-80: Elkhart (1945-1964)
- APA-81: Fallon
(1945-1948)
- APA-82: Fergus (1945-1965)
- APA-83: Fillmore
(1945-1966)
- APA-84: Garrard
(1945-1965)
- APA-85: Gasconade (1945-1948)
- APA-86: Geneva
(1945-1966)
- APA-87: Niagara (1945-1950)
- APA-88: Presidio (1945-1965)
- APA-89: Frederick Funston (1943-1969), originally
AP-48, later T-AP-178
- APA-90: James O'Hara (1943-1968),
originally AP-49, later T-AP-179
- APA-91: Adair (1944-1946)
- APA-92: Alpine (1943-1946)
- APA-93: Barnstable (1943-1946)
- APA-94: Baxter (1943-1946)
- APA-95: Burleigh (1944-1946)
- APA-96: Cecil (1944-1946)
- APA-97: Dauphin (1944-1946)
- APA-98: Dutchess (1944-1946)
- APA-99: Dade
(1944-1946)
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Right Column --
Attack Transports numbered
APA-100 through APA-249:
- APA-100: Mendocino (1944-1946)
- APA-101: Montour (1944-1946)
- APA-102: Riverside (1944-1946)
- APA-103: Queens
(1944-1946)
- APA-104: Westmoreland (1944-1946)
- APA-105: Shelby (1945-1946)
- APA-106: Gladwin (1944-1946)
- APA-107: Goodhue (1944-1946)
- APA-108: Goshen (1944-1946)
- APA-109: Grafton (1945-1946)
- APA-110: Griggs (1944-1946)
- APA-111: Grundy (1945-1946)
- APA-112: Guilford (1945-1946)
- APA-113: Sitka (1945-1946)
- APA-114: Hamblon (1945-1946)
- APA-115: Hampton (1945-1946)
- APA-116: Hanover
(1945-1947)
- APA-117: Haskell (1944-1973)
- APA-118: Hendry
(1944-1973)
- APA-119: Highlands
(1944-1973)
- APA-120: Hinsdale
(1944-1974)
- APA-121: Hocking (1944-1974)
- APA-122: Kenton (1944-1973)
- APA-123: Kittson (1944-1973)
- APA-124: La Grange (1944-1975)
- APA-125: Lanier (1944-1973)
- APA-126: St. Mary's (1944-1975)
- APA-127: Allendale (1944-1988?)
- APA-128: Arenac
(1945-1974)
- APA-129: Marvin H. McIntyre (1944-1973)
- APA-130: Attala (1944-1974)
- APA-131: Bandera
(1944-1974)
- APA-132: Barnwell (1945-1986)
- APA-133: Beckham
(1944-1974)
- APA-134: Bland (1944-1974)
- APA-135: Bosque (1944-1973)
- APA-136: Botetourt (1945-1974)
- APA-137: Bowie (1944-1973)
- APA-138: Braxton (1944-1973)
- APA-139: Broadwater (1945-1974)
- APA-140: Brookings (1945-1992)
- APA-141: Buckingham (1945-1974)
- APA-142: Clearfield (1945-1973)
- APA-143: Clermont (1945-1973)
- APA-144: Clinton (1945-1984)
- APA-145: Colbert (1945-1974)
- APA-146: Collingsworth (1945-1983)
- APA-147: Cottle
(1944-1973)
- APA-148: Crockett (1945-1985)
- APA-149: Audubon
(1944-1973)
- APA-150: Bergen (1944-1973)
- APA-151: La Porte (1944-1973)
- APA-152: Latimer
(1944-1971)
- APA-153: Laurens
(1944-1988)
- APA-154: Lowndes
(1944-1983)
- APA-155: Lycoming (1944-1973)
- APA-156: Mellette (1944-1987)
- APA-157: Napa (1944-1983)
- APA-158: Newberry (1944-1983)
- APA-159: Darke (1944-1974)
- APA-160: Deuel (1944-1974)
- APA-161: Dickens (1944-1974)
- APA-162: Drew (1944-1974)
- APA-163: Eastland (1944-1974)
- APA-164: Edgecombe (1944-1987)
- APA-165: Effingham (1944-1973)
- APA-166: Fond
du Lac (1944-1974)
- APA-167: Freestone
(1944-1973)
- APA-168: Gage
(1944-20--)
- APA-169: Gallatin
(1944-1983)
- APA-170: Gosper
(1944-1974)
- APA-171: Granville
(1944-1973)
- APA-172: Grimes (1944-1974)
- APA-173: Hyde (1944-1983)
- APA-174: Jerauld (1944-1974)
- APA-175: Karnes
(1944-1974)
- APA-176: Kershaw
(1944-1982)
- APA-177: Kingsbury
(1944-1983)
- APA-178: Lander (1944-1983)
- APA-179: Lauderdale
(1944-20--)
- APA-180: Lavaca
(1944-1992)
- APA-181: unnamed (cancelled, 1944)
- APA-182: unnamed (cancelled, 1944)
- APA-183: unnamed (cancelled, 1944)
- APA-184: unnamed (cancelled, 1944)
- APA-185: unnamed (cancelled, 1944)
- APA-186: unnamed (cancelled, 1944)
- APA-187: Oconto (1944-1974)
- APA-188: Olmsted (1944-1983)
- APA-189: Oxford (1944-1974)
- APA-190: Pickens (1944-1973)
- APA-191: Pondera (1944-1974)
- APA-192: Rutland (1944-1982)
- APA-193: Sanborn (1944-1971)
- APA-194: Sandoval (1944-ca.1993)
- APA-195: Lenawee (1944-1975)
- APA-196: Logan (1944-1979)
- APA-197: Lubbock (1944-1975)
- APA-198: McCracken (1944-1975)
- APA-199: Magoffin (1944-1980)
- APA-200: Marathon (1944-1975)
- APA-201: Menard (1944-1975)
- APA-202: Menifee (1944-1975)
- APA-203: Meriwether (1944-1975)
- APA-204: Sarasota (1944-1983)
- APA-205: Sherburne (1944-20__),
later Range Sentinel (T-AGM-22)
- APA-206: Sibley (1944-1975)
- APA-207: Mifflin (1944-1975)
- APA-208: Talladega
(1944-1982),
later LPA-208
- APA-209: Tazewell (1944-1972)
- APA-210: Telfair (1944-1969)
- APA-211: Missoula (1944-1975)
- APA-212: Montrose (1944-1970)
- APA-213: Mountrail (1944-1990)
- APA-214: Natrona (1944-1975)
- APA-215: Navarro (1944-1982)
- APA-216: Neshoba (1944-1975)
- APA-217: New Kent (1944-1971)
- APA-218: Noble
(1944-1964)
- APA-219: Okaloosa (1944-1971)
- APA-220: Okanogan (1944-1979)
- APA-221: Oneida (1944-1975)
- APA-222: Pickaway (1944-1980)
- APA-223: Pitt (1944-1980)
- APA-224: Randall (1944-1971)
- APA-225: Bingham (1944-1983)
- APA-226: Rawlins (1944-1987)
- APA-227: Renville (1944-1982)
- APA-227: Rockbridge (1944-1969)
- APA-229: Rockingham (1944-1979)
- APA-230: Rockwall (1945-1983)
- APA-231: Saint Croix (1944-1979)
- APA-232: San Saba (1944-1975)
- APA-233: Sevier (1944-1980)
- APA-234: Bollinger (1944-1982)
- APA-235: Bottineau (1944-1983)
- APA-236: Bronx (1945-1979)
- APA-237: Bexar (1945-1982)
- APA-238: Dane
(1945-1975)
- APA-239: Glynn (1945-1983)
- APA-240: Harnett (cancelled, 1945)
- APA-241: Hempstead (cancelled, 1945)
- APA-242: Iredell (cancelled, 1945)
- APA-243: Luzerne (cancelled, 1945)
- APA-244: Madera (cancelled, 1945)
- APA-245: Maricopa (cancelled, 1945)
- APA-246: McLennan (cancelled, 1945)
- APA-247: Mecklenburg (cancelled, 1945)
- APA-248: Paul Revere (1958-1980)
- APA-249: Francis Marion (1961-1980)
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