# Tolland-class attack cargo ship

The Tolland-class attack cargo ships were built by North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. in Wilmington, North Carolina during the latter stages of World War II.
All these ships were built on the same standard hull design, but there were some differences from ship to ship. The armament varied, as did that of the other ships of the day. During 1944-1945, the 5"/38 was recognized as the best gun for the dual role of antiaircraft and naval gunfire support, and the 40 mm was seen as the best antiaircraft gun. The older 20 mm and .50 caliber guns had been recognized to be of limited value, and were being phased out, though they appeared on some of these ships. The 20 mm guns were later removed from all of them, but it is not clear just when this happened.
The complement varied as well, but the DANFS figures sometimes seem to confuse ship's company with embarked troops in determining a ship's complement.

## Ships in Class

| Hull no. | Ship | Keel laid | Launched | Commission | Decomm | Fate |
| AKA-64 | Tolland | 22 April 1944 | 26 June 1944 | 4 September 1944 | 1 July 1946 | Sold into merchant service 3 October 1947 Scrapped June 1971 |
| AKA-65 | Shoshone | 12 May 1944 | 17 July 1944 | 24 September 1944 | 28 June 1946 | Sold into merchant service, 1947 Scrapped, 1971 |
| AKA-66 | Southampton | 26 May 1944 | 28 July 1944 | 16 September 1944 | 21 June 1946 | Sold into civilian service, American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines as SS Flying Clipper |
| AKA-67 | Starr | 13 June 1944 | 18 August 1944 | 29 September 1944 | 31 May 1946 | Sold into merchant service, 3 December 1947, Sold for scrapping, 9 September 1970 |
| AKA-68 | Stokes | 26 June 1944 | 31 August 1944 | 12 October 1944 | 9 July 1946 | Sold to Oceanic Steamship Company, Scrapped in Taiwan by Kenematsu-Gosho, Ltd. 4 September 1971 |
| AKA-69 | Suffolk | 11 July 1944 | 15 September 1944 | 23 October 1944 | 27 June 1946 | Sold for commercial service, Scrapped in Taiwan, 1971 |
| AKA-70 | Tate | 22 July 1944 | 26 September 1944 | 25 November 1944 | 10 July 1946 | Sold into merchant service, scrapped October 1970 |
| AKA-71 | Todd | 10 August 1944 | 10 October 1944 | 30 November 1944 | 25 June 1946 | Sold for commercial service, scrapped 22 February 1972 |
| AKA-72 | Caswell | 1944 | 24 October 1944 | 13 December 1944 | 19 June 1946 | Sold into merchant service, 15 September 1947, Scrapped at Santander, Spain starting in August 1972 |
| AKA-73 | New Hanover | 31 August 1944 | 31 October 1944 | 22 December 1944 | 30 July 1946 | Sold into merchant service 31 June 1947, Sold for scrapping 16 October 1970 |
| AKA-74 | Lenoir | 7 September 1944 | 6 November 1944 | 14 December 1944 | 13 June 1946 | Sold into merchant service, 1 October 1947, Scrapped 1971 |
| AKA-75 | Alamance | 15 September 1944 | 11 November 1944 | 22 December 1944 | 25 June 1946 | Sold for merchant service, Scrapped 1971 in Taiwan |
| AKA-76 | Torrance | 1 April 1944 | 6 June 1944 | 18 November 1944 | 20 June 1946 | Sold into merchant service, 15 September 1947, Scrapped at Santander, Spain starting in August 1972 |
| AKA-77 | Towner | 8 April 1944 | 13 June 1944 | 3 December 1944 | 10 June 1946 | Sold for civilian use, abandoned July 1967 as a constructive total loss & scuttled. |
| AKA-78 | Trego | 14 April 1944 | 20 June 1944 | 21 December 1944 | 21 May 1946 | Sold for merchant service, scrapped 27 October 1969 |
| AKA-79 | Trousdale | 22 April 1944 | 3 July 1944 | 21 December 1944 | 29 April 1946 | Sold into merchant service, 1947, Sold for scrapping, 1970 |
| AKA-80 | Tyrrell | 6 May 1944 | July 1944 | 4 December 1944 | 19 April 1946 | Sold into merchant service, 1948 |
| AKA-81 | Valencia | 20 May 1944 | 22 July 1944 | 9 January 1945 | 8 May 1946 | Sold into merchant service, 1946, Scrapped May 1970 |
| AKA-82 | Venango | 6 June 1944 | 9 August 1944 | 2 January 1945 | 18 April 1946 | Sold into merchant service February 1947, Scrapped February 1971 |
| AKA-83 | Vinton | 20 June 1944 | 25 August 1944 | 23 February 1945 | 16 March 1946 | Sold into merchant service, 1947, Scrapped 22 November 1971 |
| AKA-84 | Waukesha | 3 July 1944 | 6 September 1944 | 23 February 1945 | 10 July 1946 | Sold into merchant service, 1947, Scrapped October 1970 |
| AKA-85 | Wheatland | 17 July 1944 | 21 September 1944 | 3 April 1945 | 25 April 1946 | Sold for merchant service, 3 April 1947, Scrapped at Taiwan, December 1973 |
| AKA-86 | Woodford | 17 July 1944 | 5 October 1944 | 3 March 1945 | 1 May 1946 | Sold into merchant service, 31 October 1947, Scrapped, 19 May 1973 |
| AKA-87 | Duplin | 18 August 1944 | 17 October 1944 | 15 May 1945 | 21 May 1946 | Sold into merchant service, 1946, Scrapped in 1971 |
| AKA-101 | Ottawa | 5 October 1944 | 29 November 1944 | 8 February 1945 | 10 January 1947 | Sold into merchant service, 1946, Lost, 1951 |
| AKA-102 | Prentiss | 10 October 1944 | 6 December 1944 | 11 February 1945 | 31 May 1946 | Sold into merchant service, 1947, Scrapped, March 1970 |
| AKA-103 | Rankin | 31 October 1944 | 22 December 1944 | 25 February 1945 | 21 May 1947 | Recommissioned 1952-1971, Sunk as a fishing & diving reef off Stuart, Florida, 24 July 1988 |
| AKA-104 | Seminole | | 28 December 1944 | 8 March 1945 | 23 December 1970 | Sold for scrapping, 16 November 1977 |
| AKA-105 | Skagit | 21 September 1944 | 18 November 1944 | 2 May 1945 | 30 June 1949 | Recommissioned 1950-1969, Sold for scrap, 22 April 1974 |
| AKA-106 | Union | 27 September 1944 | 23 November 1944 | 25 April 1945 | 5 June 1970 | Sold for scrap, September 1977 |
| AKA-107 | Vermilion | 17 October 1944 | 12 December 1944 | 23 June 1945 | 26 August 1949 | Recommissioned 1950-1971, Sunk as artificial reef 24 August 1988 |
| AKA-108 | Washburn | 24 October 1944 | 18 December 1944 | 17 May 1945 | 16 May 1970 | Sold for scrap |
| AKA-109 | San Joaquin | 17 August 1945 | | | | Cancelled 27 August 1945 |