USS Oneida (APA-221)

History
United States
NameOneida
Namesake
Orderedas a Type VC2-S-AP5 hull, MCE hull 569[1]
BuilderPermanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Yard number569[1]
Laid down30 September 1944
Launched31 October 1944
Sponsored byMrs Victor E. Cole
Commissioned4 December 1944
Decommissioned27 December 1946
Stricken1 October 1958
Identification
Honors and
awards
1 × battle star for World War II service
FateScrapped 1975
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeHaskell-class attack transport
TypeType VC2-S-AP5
Displacement
  • 6,873 long tons (6,983 t) (light load)
  • 14,837 long tons (15,075 t) (full load)
Length455 ft (139 m)
Beam62 ft (19 m)
Draft24 ft (7.3 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed17.7 kn (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
Capacity
  • 2,900 long tons (2,900 t) DWT
  • 150,000 cu ft (4,200 m3) (non-refrigerated)
Troops86 officers, 1,475 enlisted
Complement56 officers, 480 enlisted
Armament
Service record
Part of: TransRon 23
Operations: Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (3–28 June 1945)
Awards:

USS Oneida (APA-221) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1975.