USS Gallatin (APA-169)

USS Gallatin (APA-169) at anchor in San Francisco Bay, late 1945 or early '46
History
United States
Name	USS Gallatin
Namesake	Gallatin County, Illinois Gallatin County, Kentucky Gallatin County, Montana
Ordered	as type VC2-S-AP5
Laid down	13 August 1944
Launched	17 October 1944
Acquired	15 November 1944
Commissioned	15 November 1944
Decommissioned	23 April 1946
Stricken	8 May 1946
Fate	Sold for scrapping in Spain, 17 September 1983
General characteristics
Displacement	12,450 tons (full load)
Length	455 ft 0 in (138.68 m)
Beam	62 ft 0 in (18.90 m)
Draught	24 ft 0 in (7.32 m)
Speed	19 knots
Complement	536
Armament	one 5 in (130 mm) gun mount, twelve 40 mm gun mounts, ten 20 mm gun mounts

USS Gallatin (APA-169/LKA-169) was a Haskell-class attack transport acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas.