The Andromeda-class attack cargo ships were a class of amphibious cargo ship built by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. in Kearny, New Jersey, and Moore Dry Dock Co., in Oakland, California, during World War II. Like all attack cargo ships, they were designed to carry combat loaded military cargo and landing craft, and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and troops on enemy shores during amphibious operations.
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 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships figures sometimes seem to confuse ship's company with embarked troops in determining a ship's complement.
| Name | hull | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Fate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKA-15 | 199 | 22 Sep 1942 | 22 Dec 1942 | 2 Apr 1943 | 1 May 1956 | ||||
| AKA-16 | 205 | 28 Apr 1943 | 23 Jul 1943 | 21 Aug 1943 | 23 May 1946 | ||||
| AKA-17 | 3 Sep 1943 | 21 Oct 1943 | 30 Apr 1946 | ||||||
| AKA-18 | 23 Oct 1943 | 16 Dec 1943 | 22 May 1946 | ||||||
| AKA-19 | 203 | 2 Feb 1943 | 26 Apr 1943 | 10 Jun 1943 | Oct 1967 | ||||
| AKA-20 | 204 | 9 Mar 1943 | 4 Jun 1943 | 16 Jul 1943 | 1 Jul 1961 | ||||
| 19 Aug 1966 | 18 Feb 1971 | ||||||||
| AKA-53 | 6 Sep 1943 | 3 Dec 1943 | 31 Jan 1944 | 1 Jul 1963 | |||||
| 1 Sep 1961 | 1 Jul 1963 | ||||||||
| (ex-James Barnes) | AKA-54 | 1153 | 10 Dec 1942 | 17 Feb 1943 | 27 Nov 1943 | 3 Dec 1943 | |||
| 21 Jul 1944 | 2 Jan 1958 | ||||||||
| 17 Nov 1961 | 23 Jul 1970 | ||||||||
| AKA-55 | 209 | 29 Oct 1943 | 26 Jan 1944 | 1 Apr 1944 | 14 Jan 1956 | ||||
| AKA-56 | 1159 | 6 Jul 1943 | 22 Apr 1944 | 16 Mar 1948 | |||||
| 19 Mar 1949 | 12 Aug 1971 | ||||||||
| AKA-57 | 14 Aug 1943 | 31 May 1944 | 30 Mar 1948 | ||||||
| 12 Oct 1950 | 10 Feb 1970 | ||||||||
| AKA-58 | 15 Mar 1944 | 14 Jun 1944 | 21 Apr 1959 | ||||||
| 25 Jun 1966 | Mar 1972 | ||||||||
| AKA-59 | 11 May 1944 | 8 Jul 1944 | 11 May 1956 | ||||||
| AKA-60 | 17 Mar 1944 | 29 Jul 1944 | 30 Aug 1944 | 11 Feb 1955 | |||||
| AKA-61 | 13 May 1944 | 26 Aug 1944 | 23 Oct 1944 | 28 Aug 1970 | |||||
| AKA-62 | 214 | 19 Jun 1944 | 17 Oct 1944 | 1 Dec 1944 | 10 May 1946 | ||||
| AKA-63 | 215 | 18 Jul 1944 | 31 Oct 1944 | 22 Dec 1944 | 10 May 1946 | ||||
| AKA-88 | 1188 | 27 Mar 1944 | 20 May 1944 | 18 Aug 1944 | 1957 | ||||
| 18 Nov 1961 | 1 Dec 1968 | ||||||||
| AKA-89 | 1189 | 7 Apr 1944 | 29 May 1944 | 30 Aug 1944 | 3 Dec 1957 | ||||
| AKA-90 | 1190 | 22 Apr 1944 | 12 Jun 1944 | 11 Sep 1944 | 30 Jan 1958 | ||||
| AKA-91 | 1191 | 2 May 1944 | 22 Jun 1944 | 21 Sep 1944 | 16 Aug 1955 | ||||
| AKA-92 | 1192 | 6 May 1944 | 28 Jun 1944 | 30 Sep 1944 | 10 Jul 1959 | ||||
| Nov 1961 | 31 Oct 1975 | ||||||||
| AKA-93 | 1193 | 22 May 1944 | 8 Jul 1944 | 11 Oct 1944 | Mar 1958 | ||||
| 17 Nov 1961 | 20 Jan 1971 | ||||||||
| AKA-94 | 216 | 10 Jul 1944 | 30 Nov 1944 | 19 Jan 1945 | 1 Feb 1957 | ||||
| 24 Nov 1961 | Nov 1969 | ||||||||
| AKA-95 | 29 Apr 1945 | 20 Jun 1945 | 19 Jul 1955 | ||||||
| AKA-96 | 15 Sep 1944 | 22 Dec 1944 | 15 Mar 1945 | 4 Apr 1947 | |||||
| 16 Feb 1952 | 31 Oct 1968 | ||||||||
| AKA-97 | 219 | 19 Oct 1944 | 28 Jan 1945 | 31 Mar 1945 | 26 Jun 1946 | ||||
| 19 Jan 1952 | 17 Sep 1969 | ||||||||
| AKA-98 | 12 Feb 1945 | 12 Apr 1945 | 22 Nov 1955 | ||||||
| AKA-99 | 2 Dec 1944 | 11 Mar 1945 | 27 Apr 1945 | data-sort-value="1945" | late 1945 | ||||
| 23 Feb 1952 | 1 May 1956 | ||||||||
| AKA-100 | 26 Dec 1944 | 15 Apr 1945 | 6 Jun 1945 | 1968 | |||||
| AKA-110 | canceled before keel laid 27 Aug 1945 | ||||||||
| AKA-111 | 2898 |