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Photo # NH 84686:  USS Okala underway, circa mid-1945

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USS Okala (ARS(T)-2), 1945-1946

USS Okala, a 4100-ton Laysan Island class salvage craft tender, was built at Jeffersonville, Indiana. Begun as the tank landing ship LST-1099, she was redesignated ARS(T)-2 and renamed Okala in December 1944, during the early stages of construction. Placed in reduced commission in mid June 1945, for transit down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, she entered full commission late in that month. In the summer of 1945 Okala passed through the Panama Canal, en route to the western Pacific, arriving in late September 1945. She served in Far Eastern waters until March 1946, then proceeded to the U.S. West Coast, where she was decommissioned in August. Later in 1946 Okala was turned over to the U.S. Maritime Commission for sale.

This page features the only views we have concerning USS Okala (ARS(T)-2).


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Photo #: NH 84686

USS Okala
(ARS(T)-2)

Underway, circa mid-1945.
She is painted in what appears to be Measure 31 camouflage.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 19762.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 475 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 76090

USS Okala
(ARS(T)-2, formerly LST-1099)

Off Memphis, Tennessee, on 26 June 1945, during her delivery voyage down the Mississippi River system.
Note that her mast has been folded down to clear bridges during this river trip. The ship is painted in what appears to be Measure 31 camouflage.

Courtesy of Captain C.W. Stoll, via Charles H. Bogart, 1972.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 40KB; 740 x 475 pixels

 


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