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Neshoba (APA-216), circa in early 1946
History
USS NeshobaUnited States
NameNeshoba
NamesakeNeshoba County, Mississippi
Orderedas a Type VC2-S-AP5 hull, MCE hull 564[1]
BuilderPermanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Yard number564[1]
Laid down3 July 1944
Launched7 October 1944
Commissioned16 November 1944
Decommissioned4 December 1946
Stricken1 October 1958
Identification
  • Hull symbol: APA-216
  • Code letters: NPQK
Honors and
awards
1 × battle star for World War II service
FateSold for scrap, 5 March 1975, delivered, 26 March 1975
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeHaskell-class attack transport
TypeType VC2-S-AP5
Displacement
  • 6,873 long tons (6,983 t) (light load)
  • 14,837 long tons (15,075 t) (full load)
Length455 ft (139 m)
Beam62 ft (19 m)
Draft24 ft (7.3 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 465 psi (3,210 kPa) 750 °F (399 °C)
  • 8,500 shp (6,338 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × Westinghouse geared turbine
  • 1 x propeller
Speed17.7 kn (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
  • 2 × LCMs
  • 1 × open LCPL
  • 18 × LCVPs
  • 2 × LCPRs
  • 1 × closed LCPL (Captain's Gig)
Capacity
  • 2,900 long tons (2,900 t) DWT
  • 150,000 cu ft (4,200 m3) (non-refrigerated)
Troops87 officers, 1,475 enlisted
Complement99 officers, 593 enlisted
Armament
  • 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose gun
  • 1 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts
  • 4 × twin 40mm Bofors (AA) gun mounts
  • 10 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA mounts
Service record
Part of: TransRon 18
Operations: Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (1–5 April 1945)
Awards:
  • American Campaign Medal
  • Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal
  • World War II Victory Medal
  • Philippine Liberation Medal

USS Neshoba (APA 216) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1975.

  1. ^ a b Kaiser No. 2 2010.
  2. ^ Navsource 2014.

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