USS Attala

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History
United States
NameUSS Attala
NamesakeAttala County, Mississippi
BuilderCalifornia Shipbuilding
Laid down18 July 1944
Launched27 September 1944
Commissioned30 November 1944
Decommissioned26 February 1946
Stricken20 March 1946
Honors and
awards
Battle star
FateSold for scrap, 15 March 1974
General characteristics
Class and typeHaskell-class attack transport
Displacement6,873 tons (lt), 14,837 t (fl)
Length455 ft (139 m)
Beam62 ft (19 m)
Draft24 ft (7 m)
Propulsion1 × geared turbine, 2 × header-type boilers, 1 × propeller, designed 8,500 shp (6,338 kW)
Speed17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
Capacity
  • Troops: 86 officers, 1,475 enlisted
  • Cargo: 150,000 cu ft, 2,900 tons
Complement56 officers, 480 enlisted
Armament
  • 1 ×
    5"/38 dual-purpose gun
  • 4 × twin
    40mm guns
  • 10 × single
    20mm guns
  • late armament, add 1 × 40mm quad mount

USS Attala (APA-130) was a

Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy
from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1974.

History

Attala was of the VC2-S-AP5

Wilmington, California, by the California Shipbuilding Corporation
; launched on 27 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Paul Pigott; and simultaneously acquired by the Navy and commissioned on 30 November 1944.

After shakedown training along the

San Francisco, California
.

On 18 April, Attala returned to Pearl Harbor. She then began a week of intensive amphibious training off

receiving ship
.

Attala left the

Okinawa
.

On 21 August, Attala dropped anchor off

Jinsen, Korea
, and-after debarking her charges returned to Okinawa.

Attala took on board

Los Angeles, California
, on 18 December.

After voyage, repairs, and a period of liberty for the crew, Attala resumed operations. On 14 January 1946, she got underway for

San Diego, California. The transport transited the Panama Canal on the 23rd and then continued on to Norfolk, Virginia. She anchored off Hampton Roads
on 1 February and began the deactivation.

She proceeded to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, and on 26 February 1946 Attala was decommissioned. She was transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 20 March 1946.

Fate

Attala entered the

EDT, on 3 April 1974 she was withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet and sent to the breaker's yard.[2]

All that remains of Attala is her brass builder's plate.

Awards

Attala earned one

battle star
for her World War II service.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

  1. ^ a b "RESERVE FLEET DIVISION - VESSEL DATA - ATTALA (Card 2)". Retrieved 4 November 2006.
  2. ^ a b "RESERVE FLEET DIVISION - VESSEL DATA - Attala (Card 1)". Retrieved 4 November 2006.

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