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History
United States
Name	USS Collingsworth
Namesake	Collingsworth County, Texas
Builder	California Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	6 October 1944
Launched	2 December 1944
Completed	26 February 1945
Acquired	27 February 1945
Commissioned	27 February 1945
Decommissioned	17 March 1946
Stricken	28 March 1946
Fate	Sold for scrap, 15 April 1985
General characteristics
Class and type	Haskell-class 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, 2 × header-type boilers, 1 × propeller, designed 8,500 shp (6,338 kW)
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 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 × twin 40mm guns; 10 × single 20mm guns; late armament, add 1 × 40mm quad mount;

USS Collingsworth (APA/LPA-146) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1985.

History

Collingsworth 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. The hull and engine are a standard Victory ship design, she was the 62nd (TR30) Victory ship hull built by CalShip in just 143 days.^[1]^[2]

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 Qingdao, 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.

Decommissioning and fate

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 sold for scrap on 15 April 1985.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

^ "Victory Ships". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
^ Not to be confused with the 1920 Collingsworth made in Philadelphia, Steam merchant (Hog Island)