Ordered as type VC2-S-AP5 Completed February 26, 1945 Commissioned 27 February 1945 Construction started 6 October 1944 Length 139 m Draft 7.32 m | Laid down October 6, 1944 Acquired 27 February 1945 Decommissioned 17 March 1946 Launched 2 December 1944 Displacement 11.29 million kg | |
USS Collingsworth (APA-146/LPA-146) was a Haskell-class attack transport acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas.
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Collingsworth (APA-146) was launched 2 December 1944 by California Shipbuilding Corp., San Pedro, California, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. R. H. Moulton; acquired 27 February 1945 and commissioned the same day, Captain C. H. Anderson in command. The hull and engine are a standard Victory ship design, she was the 62th (TR30) Victory ship hull built by CalShip in just 143 days.
World War II service
After one cargo voyage to Pearl Harbor (8 May-4 June 1945), Collingsworth departed Seattle, Washington, 27 June and sailed by way of Saipan and Ulithi to Okinawa, arriving 12 August. She carried troops for the occupations of Inchon, Korea, and Chinwangtao and Tsingtao, China, until 28 November when she sailed with homeward-bound servicemen for Tacoma, Washington, arriving 19 December. She discharged her passengers and sailed for San Pedro, California, the Panama Canal and Norfolk, Virginia, arriving 28 February 1946.
Post-war decommissioning
She was decommissioned there 17 March 1946 and transferred to the Maritime Commission 20 March 1946. She was laid up in the James River and scrapped in 1983.