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'''USS ''Arcturus'' (AKA-1)''' was an [[Arcturus-class|''Arcturus'' class]] [[attack cargo ship]] named after ''[[Arcturus (star)|Arcturus]],'' a star in the [[constellati ...r, ''Arcturus'' returned to the east coast immediately. Redesignated as an attack cargo ship '''AKA-1''' on [[1 February]], she then underwent a repair availability at

'''USS ''Mathews'' (AKA-96)''' was an ''Andromeda'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after [[Mathews County, Virginia]]. She served as a commissioned sh ...]] returning with a cargo of seal products. A year later, 1 July 1953, the attack cargo ship got underway for [[Korea]] where she transported prisoners–of–war, prim

...107)''', was a [[Tolland class amphibious cargo ship|''Tolland''-class]] [[attack cargo ship]] named after [[Vermilion Parish, Louisiana]] and [[Vermilion County, Illin ...the [[United States Navy|Navy]] on 23 December 1944 to be completed as an attack cargo ship at the [[Todd Shipyard]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. She was [[Ship commissi

'''USS ''Montague'' (AKA-98)''' was an ''Andromeda'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after a [[Montague County, TX|county in Texas]]. She served as a co

...-54)''' was an [[Andromeda class attack cargo ship|''Andromeda''-class]] [[attack cargo ship]] named after a fixed star in the constellation [[Perseus]]. She served as ...sit to [[Willamette Shipyard]], [[Portland, Oregon]], for completion as an attack cargo ship. She was decommissioned at Portland on 3 December 1943, and recommissioned

'''USS ''Whitley'' (AKA-91)''' was an ''Andromeda'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after counties in [[Whitley County, IN|Indiana]] and [[Whitley Coun ...ng and testing amphibious equipment and techniques. On [[27 January]], the attack cargo ship departed [[Pearl Harbor]] and steamed for the western [[Pacific]]. The ship

'''USS ''Trousdale'' (AKA-79)''' was a ''Tolland'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after [[Trousdale County, Tennessee]]. She was designed to carry mi The attack cargo ship conducted shakedown training off Long Island, N.Y., and in the Virginia cap

'''USS ''Wyandot'' (AKA-92)''' was an ''Andromeda'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after [[Wyandot County, Ohio]]. She served as a commissioned ship f ...d Guam. After delivering her cargo to those western [[Pacific]] bases, the attack cargo ship returned to the Hawaiian Islands.

'''USS ''Tabora'' (AKA-45)''' was an ''Artemis'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after the minor planet ''[[721 Tabora]].'' Discovered in 1911, the

'''USS ''Alchiba'' (AKA-6)''' was an [[Attack cargo ship|''Arcturus''-class attack cargo ship]] named after ''[[Alchiba]],'' a star in the constellation ''[[Corvus (cons

'''USS ''Mellena'' (AKA-32)''' was an ''Artemis'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after the minor planet ''[[869 Mellena]],'' which in turn was named

'''USS ''St. Louis'' (LKA-116)''', was a [[Charleston class]] [[attack cargo ship|amphibious cargo ship]] named after the city of [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. Sh

'''USS ''Fomalhaut'' (AKA-5)''' was an [[attack cargo ship]] named after [[Fomalhaut]], a star in the southern constellation ''Piscis

The boats were brought to the assault zone aboard troop transports and [[attack cargo ship]]s, where they were stored in [[Welin davits]] or on deck, usually nested i

'''USS ''Woodford'' (AKA-86)''' was a ''Tolland'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after counties in [[Woodford County, Illinois|Illinois]] and [[Wood ...|Norfolk]], on [[19 April]] to take on her first cargo. When loaded, the [[attack cargo ship]] got underway on [[28 April]] and headed for the [[Panama Canal]], on the

'''USS ''Valencia'' (AKA-81)''' was a ''Tolland'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after [[Valencia County, New Mexico]]. She was designed to carry mi ...rted by [[PC-1139]] up to a point 30 miles from [[Pearl Harbor]], the attack cargo ship proceeded independently for the remainder of her passage and arrived at [[E

'''USS Alcyone (AKA-7)''' was an ''Arcturus'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after ''[[Alcyone (star)|Alcyone]],'' the brightest star in the sta ...tered the [[Mare Island Navy Yard]], Vallejo, Calif., for conversion to an attack cargo ship. During the yard work, three 30-ton booms, a boat repair shop, and addition

'''USS ''Merrick'' (AKA-97/LKA-97)''' was an ''Andromeda'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after [[Merrick County, Nebraska]].

'''USS ''Alhena'' (AKA-9)''' was an [[attack cargo ship]] named after ''[[Alhena]],'' a star in the constellation ''[[Gemini (const ...e until the following June undergoing final repairs and conversion to an [[attack cargo ship]]. As a result of her new configuration, the vessel was redesignated '''AKA