USS Whitfield (AKA-111)

USS Whitfield (AKA-111) was an Andromeda class attack cargo ship whose construction was cancelled due to the end of World War II. She was named after Whitfield County, Georgia.

The ship was scheduled to be built for the U.S. Navy under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2898) by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., 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

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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51 Years of AKAs

Andromeda-class attack cargo ships

United States Navy

Completed	Andromeda Aquarius Centaurus Cepheus Thuban Virgo Achernar Algol Alshain Arneb Capricornus Chara Diphda Leo Muliphen Sheliak Theenim Uvalde Warrick Whiteside Whitley Wyandot Yancey Winston Marquette Mathews Merrick Montague Rolette Oglethorpe

Cancelled	Sedgwick Whitfield

Marina Militare

Etna (ex-Whitley)

Spanish Navy

Castilla (ex-Achernar)

Preceded by: Arcturus class
Followed by: Artemis class

List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships

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