USS ''Whitfield'' (AKA-111) was an ''Andromeda'' class
attack cargo ship
Attack may refer to:
Warfare and combat
* Offensive (military)
* Charge (warfare)
* Attack (fencing)
* Strike (attack)
* Attack (computing)
* Attack aircraft
Books and publishing
* ''The Attack'' (novel), a book
* ''Attack No. 1'', comic ...
whose construction was cancelled due to the end of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. She was named after
Whitfield County, Georgia
Whitfield County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census shows a population of 102,599. The county seat is Dalton. The county was created on December 30, 1851, and named after George Wh ...
.
The ship was scheduled to be built for the
U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...
under a
Maritime Commission
The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which was passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and was abolished on May 24, 195 ...
contract (MC hull 2898) by the
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.
The Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company was a United States shipyard, active from 1917 to 1948. It was founded during World War I to build ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II, it built ships as part of the U.S. Go ...
, of
Kearny, N.J. However, due to the
end of the war in the Pacific, the contract for her construction was cancelled on 27 August 1945 before her keel was laid down.
References
External links
51 Years of AKAs
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Andromeda-class attack cargo ships
Whitfield County, Georgia
Ships built in Kearny, New Jersey
Cancelled ships of the United States Navy