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|align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:TollandClassAKA.jpg|300px]] '''''Tolland'' class AKA, similar to USS ''Trego''''' <br/>
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!colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| History 
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| [[Ship ceremonies|Laid down]]:
| 14 April 1944
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| [[Ship ceremonies|Launched]]:
| 20 June 1944
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| [[Ship ceremonies|Commissioned]]:
| 21 December 1944
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| [[Ship ceremonies|Decommissioned]]:
| 21 May 1946
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| [[Naval Vessel Register|Struck]]:
| 5 June 1946
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|Fate:
| Unknown
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!colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General Characteristics
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|Hull Type:
| [[Type C2 ship|C2-S-AJ3]]
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|[[Ship measurements|Displacement]]:
| 8,635&nbsp;tons light, 13,910&nbsp;tons loaded
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|[[Ship measurements|Length]]:
| 459&nbsp;ft 2&nbsp;in (140&nbsp;m)
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|[[Ship measurements|Beam]]:
| 63&nbsp;ft (19.2&nbsp;m)
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|[[Ship measurements|Draft]]:
| 26&nbsp;ft 4&nbsp;in (8.0&nbsp;m)
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|[[Ship propulsion|Propulsion]]:
| GE geared steam turbine drive, single propeller, <br/>6,000&nbsp;[[Ship measurements|shp]] (4.5&nbsp;MW)
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|Speed:
| 16.5&nbsp;[[knot (speed)|knots]]  (30.6&nbsp;km/h)
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|[[Ship measurements|Complement]]:
| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops
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|Armament:
| 1 × [[5" /38 caliber gun|5"/38 caliber DP gun]], <br/> 4 × [[40mm/56 caliber gun|twin 40&nbsp;mm AA guns]], <br/>16 × [[20mm Oerlikon (autocannon)|20&nbsp;mm AA guns]]
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|Boats:
| 14 [[LCVP]], <br/>8 [[LCM]]
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| colspan="2" | <small>NOTES: Some sources report different displacements for ships of this type. Speed and complement may have changed as the ship or her mission were modified. Often one or two LCVPs were replaced by [[LCPL]]s. 20mm AA guns were sometimes removed.</small>
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'''USS ''Trego'' (AKA-78)''' was a ''Tolland'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after [[Trego County, Kansas]]. She was designed to carry military cargo and [[landing craft]], and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and [[Marine (armed services)|Marines]] on enemy shores during [[Amphibious warfare|amphibious operations]]. She served as a commissioned ship for 17 months, receiving one battle star for her service in [[World War II]]