_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_8_June_1943.jpg) USS James O'Hara (APA-90) underway, 8 June 1943
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS James O'Hara (APA-90) |
| Namesake | James O'Hara, Revolutionary War officer |
| Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 16 June 1941 |
| Launched | 30 December 1941 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Anne B. Denny |
| Acquired | (by the Navy) 15 April 1943 |
| Commissioned | 26 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned | December/January 1960 |
| Reclassified | To T-AP-179, 28 April 1950 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1961 |
| Honours and awards | Seven battle stars for World War II service, one for the Korean War |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Frederick Funston-class attack transport |
| Displacement | 8,600 tons (lt) |
| Length | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared Turbine Drive, designed shaft horsepower 8,500 |
| Speed | 16.5 knots |
| Capacity | Troops: 2,200 |
| Complement | 519 |
| Armament | 1 x 5"/38 caliber dual-purpose gun mount, 2 x 3 in (76 mm)/50 dual purpose gun mounts, 8 x 1.1"/75 caliber guns, replaced by 16 x 20mm gun mounts |
| Notes | MCV Hull No. 168, hull type C3-S-A1 |
USS James O'Hara (APA-90) was a Frederick Funston-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II and later in the Korean War. The ship was named after a Continental Army officer who fought in the Revolutionary War and who later became Quartermaster General of the US Army.
Initially acquired as an Army transport, the ship was soon acquired by the Navy and reclassified an attack transport for the duration of the war, then returned to the Army and redesignated USNS James O'Hara. In the 1950s she was reacquired once again by the Navy and reclassified, serving as USS James O'Hara (T-AP-179) until her final decommissioning.
The ship was laid down for the Army under Maritime Commission contract by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington, 16 June 1941; launched 30 December 1941; and delivered to the Army 30 November 1942.