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

Name hullBuilderLaid downLaunchedFate
AKA-1519922 Sep 194222 Dec 19422 Apr 19431 May 1956
AKA-1620528 Apr 194323 Jul 194321 Aug 194323 May 1946
AKA-173 Sep 194321 Oct 194330 Apr 1946
AKA-1823 Oct 194316 Dec 194322 May 1946
AKA-192032 Feb 194326 Apr 194310 Jun 1943Oct 1967
AKA-202049 Mar 19434 Jun 194316 Jul 19431 Jul 1961
AKA-202049 Mar 19434 Jun 194319 Aug 196618 Feb 1971
AKA-536 Sep 19433 Dec 194331 Jan 19441 Jul 1963
AKA-536 Sep 19433 Dec 19431 Sep 19611 Jul 1963
AKA-54115310 Dec 194217 Feb 194327 Nov 19433 Dec 1943
AKA-54115310 Dec 194217 Feb 194321 Jul 19442 Jan 1958
AKA-54115310 Dec 194217 Feb 194317 Nov 196123 Jul 1970
AKA-5520929 Oct 194326 Jan 19441 Apr 194414 Jan 1956
AKA-5611596 Jul 194322 Apr 194416 Mar 1948
AKA-5611596 Jul 194319 Mar 194912 Aug 1971
AKA-5714 Aug 194331 May 194430 Mar 1948
AKA-5714 Aug 194312 Oct 195010 Feb 1970
AKA-5815 Mar 194414 Jun 194421 Apr 1959
AKA-5815 Mar 194425 Jun 1966Mar 1972
AKA-5911 May 19448 Jul 194411 May 1956
AKA-6017 Mar 194429 Jul 194430 Aug 194411 Feb 1955
AKA-6113 May 194426 Aug 194423 Oct 194428 Aug 1970
AKA-6221419 Jun 194417 Oct 19441 Dec 194410 May 1946
AKA-6321518 Jul 194431 Oct 194422 Dec 194410 May 1946
AKA-88118827 Mar 194420 May 194418 Aug 19441957
AKA-88118827 Mar 194420 May 194418 Nov 19611 Dec 1968
AKA-8911897 Apr 194429 May 194430 Aug 19443 Dec 1957
AKA-90119022 Apr 194412 Jun 194411 Sep 194430 Jan 1958
AKA-9111912 May 194422 Jun 194421 Sep 194416 Aug 1955
AKA-9211926 May 194428 Jun 194430 Sep 194410 Jul 1959
AKA-9211926 May 194428 Jun 1944Nov 196131 Oct 1975
AKA-93119322 May 19448 Jul 194411 Oct 1944Mar 1958
AKA-93119322 May 19448 Jul 194417 Nov 196120 Jan 1971
AKA-9421610 Jul 194430 Nov 194419 Jan 19451 Feb 1957
AKA-9421610 Jul 194430 Nov 194424 Nov 1961Nov 1969
AKA-9529 Apr 194520 Jun 194519 Jul 1955
AKA-9615 Sep 194422 Dec 194415 Mar 19454 Apr 1947
AKA-9615 Sep 194422 Dec 194416 Feb 195231 Oct 1968
AKA-9721919 Oct 194428 Jan 194531 Mar 194526 Jun 1946
AKA-9721919 Oct 194428 Jan 194519 Jan 195217 Sep 1969
AKA-9812 Feb 194512 Apr 194522 Nov 1955
AKA-992 Dec 194411 Mar 194527 Apr 1945late 1945
AKA-992 Dec 194411 Mar 194523 Feb 19521 May 1956
AKA-10026 Dec 194415 Apr 19456 Jun 19451968
AKA-110rowspan=2 rowspan=2 rowspan=2 rowspan=2 canceled before keel laid 27 Aug 1945
AKA-1112898----canceled before keel laid 27 Aug 1945