USS Noble, a ship of theHaskell class, in 1956
Class overview
Name	Haskell class
Builders	California Shipbuilding Oregon Shipbuilding Permanente Metals Kaiser Shipbuilding
Preceded by	Gilliam class
Succeeded by	Paul Revere class
Built	1944–1945
In commission	11 September 1944 – 29 October 1945
Planned	131
Completed	117
Cancelled	14
Lost	0
General characteristics
Type	Attack transport
Displacement	6,873 tons (lt), 14,837 t (fl)
Length	455 ft (139 m)
Beam	62 ft (19 m)
Draft	24 ft (7 m)
Propulsion	1 × geared turbine (Westinghouse,Joshua Hendy orAllis-Chalmers), 2 × header-typeboilers (Babcock & Wilcox orCombustion Engineering), 1 × propeller, designed 8,500 shp (6,338 kW)
Speed	18–19knots (33–35 km/h; 21–22 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 ×LCM 12 ×LCVP 3 ×LCPL
Capacity	Troops: 86 officers, 1,475 enlisted Cargo: 150,000 cu ft, 2,900 tons
Complement	56 officers, 480 enlisted
Armament	1 ×5"/38 dual-purpose gun 4 × twin40mm guns 10 × single20mm guns late armament, add 1 × 40mm quad mount

Haskell-class attack transports (APA) wereamphibious assault ships of theUnited States Navy created in 1944. They were designed to transport 1,500 troops and their combat equipment, and land them on hostile shores with the ships' integrallanding craft.

TheHaskells were very active in the World War IIPacific Theater of Operations, landingMarines andArmy troops and transporting casualties atIwo Jima andOkinawa. Ships of the class were among the firstAllied ships to enterTokyo Bay at the end of World War II, landing the first occupation troops atYokosuka. After the end of World War II, most participated inOperation Magic Carpet, the massivesealift of US personnel back to the United States. A few of theHaskell class were reactivated for theKorean War, with some staying in service into theVietnam War.

TheHaskell class,Maritime Commission standard type VC2-S-AP5, is a sub‑type of the World War IIVictory ship design. 117 were launched in 1944 and 1945, with 14 more being finished as another VC2 type or canceled. Built by theWar Shipping Administration under theEmergency Shipbuilding program. The class was named for the Haskell Counties ofKansas,Oklahoma, andTexas.

The VC2-S-AP5 design was intended for the transport and assault landing of over 1,500 troops and their heavy combat equipment. DuringOperation Magic Carpet, up to 1,900 personnel per ship were carried homeward.^{[Note 1]}

TheHaskells carried 25landing craft to deliver the troops and equipment right onto the beach. The 23 main boats were the 36-foot (11 m)-longLCVP. The LCVP was designed to carry 36 equipped troops. The other two landing craft were the 50-foot (15 m)-longLCM (3), capable of carrying 60 troops or 30 tons (27 t) of cargo, or the 56-foot (17 m)LCM (6).^[1] They also carried onegig.

TheHaskell-class ships were armed with one5"/38 caliber gun, twelveBofors 40 mm L/60 guns (one quad mount, four dual mounts), and tenOerlikon 20 mm guns.

Haskell-class attack transports included APA-117,USS Haskell, thelead ship, through APA-247, the never completed USSMecklenburg. The hulls for APA-181 through APA-186 were repurposed to behospital ships before they were named. Ultimately those hospital ships were built on largerC4 plan and the six VC2 hulls were built in a merchant configuration.^[2] APA-240 through APA-247 were named, but cancelled in 1945 when the war ended. With the special exception ofUSS Marvin H. McIntyre, theHaskell-class ships were all named aftercounties of the United States.

Most of theHaskell-class ships were mothballed in 1946, with only a few remaining in service. Many of theHaskell class were scrapped in 1973–75.^[3] A few were converted intoMissile Range Instrumentation Ships.

• USS Gage, the last remaining ship in theHaskell configuration, was scrapped in 2009 at ESCO Marine, in Brownsville, Tx.^[4]
• USS Sherburne, which was converted and renamedUSS Range Sentinel, lasted until she was scrapped in 2012.
• SSRutland Victory was sold to a private company and sank on 13 February 1976 600 miles East of Tokyo, Japan.

• USS Hinsdale (APA-120) had Kamikaze attack damage on 1 April 1945 at Okinawa. Over 15 men were killed. The extensive engine room damage was later repaired.
• USS Telfair (APA-210) on 2 April 1945 was hit by kamikaze attack, the plane hit the side of the ship then dropped into the sea. She was later repaired.
• USS La Grange (APA-124) on 13 August 1945 damaged in last kamikaze attack of WW2, 21 sailors killed and 89 wounded.
• USS Colbert (APA-145) had mine damage on 17 September 1945, off Okinawa, this caused the death of three men and damaged the ship extensively.

The 1956 movieAway All Boats presents operations on an attack transport. It was based on a popular novel of the same name, written by an officer who served on one during World War 2.^[5]

The opening chapters of the novel "Cinderella Liberty" were set on the APA USS Begonia.

• Victory ship
• Gilliam-class attack transport

• Class information in Hazegray/DANFS APA-125 page
• MARAD National Defense Reserve Fleet "Current Inventory"Archived 2010-12-02 at theWayback Machine

• US Naval Historical Center Photo Library – APA List by Hull Number
• MARAD Records forHaskell class
• Ship Model and Blueprints forHaskell class^[usurped]

• Haskell-class attack transports

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