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USS Hempstead (APA 241)

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Laid down
  
Never

Name
  
USS Hempstead (APA-241)

Namesake
  
Hempstead County, Arkansas

Fate
  
Construction contract cancelled 27 August 1947

Class and type
  
Haskell-class attack transport

Displacement
  
14,800 tons (full load)

Builder
  
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The second proposed USS Hempstead (AVP-43) was a United States Navy attack transport that was never laid down.

Hempstead was to have been a Haskell-class attack transport, attack transports differing from conventional transports in being specifically designed to unload their troops and cargo over the side into boats, less efficient for hauling troops and cargo but far more efficient for unloading them in an amphibious landing. The Haskell class was based on a re-desigend version of the civilian Victory Ship hull.

Hempstead was excess to requirements after the end of World War II, and the Maritime Commission contract with Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon, for her construction was cancelled on 27 August 1947 before construction began.

References

USS Hempstead (APA-241) Wikipedia