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{{Short description|WWII American ship}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2017}}

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|Ship image=USS Tolland (AKA-64) underway, circa in 1945.jpg 
|Ship caption=A typical ''Tolland''-class attack cargo ship
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|Builders= [[North Carolina Shipbuilding Company]]
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|Built range=1944&ndash;1945
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|Total ships completed=32
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|Ship type=[[Attack cargo ship]]
|Ship displacement= 13,910&nbsp;tons full
|Ship length= {{convert|459|ft|2|in|m|0|abbr=on}} 
|Ship beam= {{convert|63|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} 
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|Ship draft={{convert|26|ft|4|in|m|0|abbr=on}} 
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|Ship speed= {{convert|16.5|kn|km/h|0|abbr=on}} 
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|Ship complement=  375 (varies)
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|Ship armament=*1 × [[5"/38 caliber gun|5-inch 38 caliber]] dual purpose gun mount
*4 × twin [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40&nbsp;mm gun]] mounts
*16 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20&nbsp;mm guns]] gun mounts
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The '''''Tolland''-class attack cargo ships''' were built by [[North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.]] in [[Wilmington, North Carolina]] during the latter stages of [[World War II]].<ref name="Bridgman">{{cite web|last1=Bridgman|first1=Jeff|title=WWII U.S. NAVY COMMISSIONING PENNANT FROM THE U.S.S. CASWELL, TOLLAND-CLASS ATTACK CARGO SHIP, COMMISSIONED DEC. 13, 1944, THAT PARTICIPATED IN OKINAWA IN SUPPORT OF THE 6TH MARINES|url=http://www.jeffbridgman.com/inventory/index.php?page=out&id=2402|website=www.jeffbridgman.com|publisher=Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags and Painted Furniture|access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref>

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&nbsp;mm was seen as the best antiaircraft gun. The older 20&nbsp;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&nbsp;mm guns were later removed from all of them, but it is not clear just when this happened.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}

The complement varied as well, but the [[DANFS]] figures sometimes seem to confuse ship's company with embarked troops in determining a ship's complement.{{Vague|date=May 2017}}

==Ships in Class==

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|- valign="bottom"
!Hull no.
! Ship
!Keel&nbsp;laid
!Launched
!Commission
!Decomm
!Fate
|- valign="top"
| AKA-64||{{USS|Tolland|AKA-64|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|22 April 1944}}||{{Date table sorting|26 June 1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|4 September 1944}} || {{Date table sorting|1 July 1946}} || Sold into merchant service 3 October 1947
Scrapped June 1971
|- valign="top"
| AKA-65||{{USS|Shoshone|AKA-65|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|12 May 1944}}||{{Date table sorting|17 July 1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|24 September 1944}} || {{Date table sorting|28 June 1946}}|| Sold into merchant service, 1947
Scrapped, 1971
|- valign="top"
| AKA-66||{{USS|Southampton|AKA-66|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|26-May-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|28-July-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|16-September-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|21-June-1946}} || Sold into civilian service, American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines as SS Flying Clipper
|- valign="top"
| AKA-67||{{USS|Starr|AKA-67|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|13-June-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|18-August-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|29-September-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|31-May-1946}} || Sold into merchant service, 3 December 1947, Sold for scrapping, 9 September 1970
|- valign="top"
| AKA-68||{{USS|Stokes|AKA-68|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|26-June-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|31-August-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|12-October-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|09-July-1946}} || Sold to Oceanic Steamship Company, Scrapped in Taiwan by Kenematsu-Gosho, Ltd. 4 September 1971
|- valign="top"
| AKA-69||{{USS|Suffolk|AKA-69|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|11-July-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|15-September-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|23-October-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|27-June-1946}} || Sold for commercial service, Scrapped in Taiwan, 1971
|- valign="top"
| AKA-70||{{USS|Tate|AKA-70|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|22-July-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|26-September-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|25-November-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|10-July-1946}} || Sold into merchant service, scrapped October 1970
|- valign="top"
| AKA-71||{{USS|Todd|AKA-71|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|10-August-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|10-October-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|30-November-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|25-June-1946}} || Sold for commercial service, scrapped 22 February 1972
|- valign="top"
| AKA-72||{{USS|Caswell|AKA-72|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|1944}}||{{Date table sorting|24-October-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|13-December-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|19-June-1946}} || Sold into merchant service, 15 September 1947, Scrapped at Santander, Spain starting in August 1972
|- valign="top"
| AKA-73||{{USS|New Hanover|AKA-73|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|31-August-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|31-October-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|22-December-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|30-July-1946}} || Sold into merchant service 31 June 1947, Sold for scrapping 16 October 1970
|- valign="top"
| AKA-74||{{USS|Lenoir|AKA-74|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|07-September-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|06-November-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|14-December-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|13-June-1946}} || Sold into merchant service, 1 October 1947, Scrapped 1971
|- valign="top"
| AKA-75||{{USS|Alamance|AKA-75|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|15-September-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|11-November-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|22-December-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|25-June-1946}} || Sold for merchant service, Scrapped 1971 in Taiwan
|- valign="top"
| AKA-76||{{USS|Torrance|AKA-76|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|01-April-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|06-June-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|18-November-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|20-June-1946}} || Sold into merchant service, 15 September 1947, Scrapped at Santander, Spain starting in August 1972
|- valign="top"
| AKA-77||{{USS|Towner|AKA-77|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|08-April-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|13-June-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|03-December-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|10-June-1946}} || Sold for civilian use, abandoned July 1967 as a constructive total loss & scuttled.
|- valign="top"
| AKA-78||{{USS|Trego|AKA-78|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|14-April-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|20-June-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|21-December-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|21-May-1946}} || Sold for merchant service, scrapped 27 October 1969
|- valign="top"
| AKA-79||{{USS|Trousdale|AKA-79|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|22-April-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|03-July-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|21-December-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|29-April-1946}} || Sold into merchant service, 1947, Sold for scrapping, 1970
|- valign="top"
| AKA-80||{{USS|Tyrrell|AKA-80|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|06-May-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|July-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|04-December-1944}} || {{Date table sorting|19-April-1946}} || Sold into merchant service, 1948
|- valign="top"
| AKA-81||{{USS|Valencia|AKA-81|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|20-May-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|22-July-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|09-January-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|08-May-1946}} || Sold into merchant service, 1946, Scrapped May 1970
|- valign="top"
| AKA-82||{{USS|Venango|AKA-82|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|06-June-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|09-August-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|02-January-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|18-April-1946}} || Sold into merchant service February 1947, Scrapped February 1971
|- valign="top"
| AKA-83||{{USS|Vinton|AKA-83|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|20-June-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|25-August-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|23-February-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|16-March-1946}} || Sold into merchant service, 1947, Scrapped 22 November 1971
|- valign="top"
| AKA-84||{{USS|Waukesha|AKA-84|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|03-July-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|06-September-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|23-February-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|10-July-1946}} || Sold into merchant service, 1947, Scrapped October 1970
|- valign="top"
| AKA-85||{{USS|Wheatland|AKA-85|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|17-July-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|21-September-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|03-April-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|25-April-1946}} || Sold for merchant service, 3 April 1947, Scrapped at Taiwan, December 1973
|- valign="top"
| AKA-86||{{USS|Woodford|AKA-86|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|17-July-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|05-October-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|03-March-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|01-May-1946}} || Sold into merchant service, 31 October 1947, Scrapped, 19 May 1973
|- valign="top"
| AKA-87||{{USS|Duplin|AKA-87|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|18-August-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|17-October-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|15-May-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|21-May-1946}} || Sold into merchant service, 1946, Scrapped in 1971
|- valign="top"
| AKA-101||{{USS|Ottawa|AKA-101|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|05-October-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|29-November-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|08-February-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|10-January-1947}} || Sold into merchant service, 1946, Lost, 1951
|- valign="top"
| AKA-102||{{USS|Prentiss|AKA-102|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|10-October-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|06-December-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|11-February-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|31-May-1946}} || Sold into merchant service, 1947, Scrapped, March 1970
|- valign="top"
| AKA-103||{{USS|Rankin|AKA-103|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|31-October-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|22-December-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|25-February-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|21-May-1947}} || Recommissioned 1952-1971, Sunk as a fishing & diving reef off Stuart, Florida, 24 July 1988
|- valign="top"
| AKA-104||{{USS|Seminole|AKA-104|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|}}||{{Date table sorting|28-December-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|08-March-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|23-December-1970}} || Sold for scrapping, 16 November 1977
|- valign="top"
| AKA-105||{{USS|Skagit|AKA-105|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|21-September-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|18-November-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|02-May-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|30-June-1949}} || Recommissioned 1950-1969, Sold for scrap, 22 April 1974
|- valign="top"
| AKA-106||{{USS|Union|AKA-106|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|27-September-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|23-November-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|25-April-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|05-June-1970}} || Sold for scrap, September 1977
|- valign="top"
| AKA-107||{{USS|Vermilion|AKA-107|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|17-October-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|12-December-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|23-June-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|26-August-1949}} || Recommissioned 1950-1971, Sunk as artificial reef 24 August 1988
|- valign="top"
| AKA-108||{{USS|Washburn|AKA-108|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|24-October-1944}}||{{Date table sorting|18-December-1944}}|| {{Date table sorting|17-May-1945}} || {{Date table sorting|16-May-1970}} || Sold for scrap
|- valign="top"
| AKA-109||{{USS|San Joaquin|AKA-109|2}}
||{{Date table sorting|17-August-1945}}||{{Date table sorting|}}|| {{Date table sorting|}} || {{Date table sorting|}} || Cancelled 27 August 1945
|- valign="top"
|}

==See also==
* {{sclass|Andromeda|attack cargo ship|1}}
* {{sclass|Arcturus|attack cargo ship|1}}
* {{sclass|Artemis|attack cargo ship|1}}
* {{sclass|Charleston|amphibious cargo ship|1}}
* [[List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.usmm.org/c2ships.html United States Maritime Commission C2 Type Ships]

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