Amphibious Cargo Ship (AKA)

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Amphibious/Attack Cargo Ships were designed to sail to the site of amphibious operations carrying equipment, cargo and troops. AKA/LKAs offloaded their equipment, cargo and troops into the ships landing craft which were used to ferry them ashore in support of an amphibious invasion. All AKAs in the Navy inventory on 1 January 1969 were redesignated LKAs.

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AKA LKA Photo Index

AKA-1 Arcturus ex AK-18

AKA-2 Procyon ex AK-19

AKA-3 Bellatrix ex AK-20

AKA-4 Electra ex AK-21

AKA-5 Fomalhaut ex AK-22
Reclassified AE-20

AKA-6 Alchiba ex AK-23

AKA-7 Alcyone ex AK-24

AKA-8 Algorab ex AK-25

AKA-9 Alhena ex AK-26

AKA-10 Almaack ex AK-27

AKA-11 Betelgeuse ex AK-28

AKA / LKA-12 Libra ex AK-53

AKA-13 Titania ex AK-55

AKA-14 Oberon ex AK-56

AKA-15 Andromeda ex AK-64

AKA-16 Aquarius ex AK-65

AKA-17 Centaurus ex AK-66

AKA-18 Cepheus ex AK-67

AKA / LKA-19 Thuban ex AK-68

AKA-20 Virgo ex AK-69 Reclassified AE-30

AKA-21 Artemis

AKA-22 Athene

AKA-23 Aurelia

AKA-24 Birgit

AKA-26 Corvus

AKA-27 Devosa

AKA-28 Hydrus

AKA-29 Lacerta

AKA-32 Mellena

AKA-33 Ostara

AKA-34 Pamina Reclassified AGS-15 Tanner

AKA-35 Polana

AKA-36 Renate Reclassified AGS-16 Maury

AKA-37 Roxane

AKA-38 Sappho

AKA-39 Sarita

AKA-40 Scania

AKA-41 Selinur

AKA-42 Sidonia

AKA-43 Sirona

AKA-44 Sylvania

AKA-45 Tabora

AKA-46 Troilus

AKA-47 Turandot Reclassified ARC-3 Aeolus

AKA-48 Valeria

AKA-49 Vanadis Reclassified ARC-4 Thor

AKA-50 Veritas

AKA-52 Zenobia

AKA-53 Achernar

AKA / LKA-54 Algol

AKA-55 Alshain

AKA / LKA-56 Arneb

AKA / LKA-57 Capricornus

AKA-58 Chara Reclassified AE-31

AKA-59 Diphda

AKA / LKA-61 Muliphen

AKA-62 Sheliak

AKA-63 Theenim

AKA-64 Tolland

AKA-65 Shoshone

AKA-66 Southampton

AKA-68 Stokes

AKA-69 Suffolk

AKA-72 Caswell

AKA-73 New Hanover

AKA-74 Lenoir

AKA-75 Alamance

AKA-76 Torrance

AKA-77 Towner

AKA-79 Trousdale

AKA-80 Tyrrell

AKA-81 Valencia

AKA-82 Venango

AKA-83 Vinton

AKA-84 Waukesha

AKA-85 Wheatland

AKA-86 Woodford

AKA-87 Duplin

AKA-88 Uvalde

AKA-89 Warrick

AKA-90 Whiteside

AKA-91 Whitley

AKA-92 / T-AKA-92 Wyandot Reclassified T-AK-283

AKA / LKA-93 Yancey

AKA / LKA-94 Winston

AKA-95 Marquette

AKA-96 Mathews

AKA / LKA-97 Merrick

AKA-98 Montague

AKA-99 Rolette

AKA-100 Oglethorpe

AKA-101 Ottawa

AKA-102 Prentiss

AKA / LKA-103 Rankin

AKA / LKA-104 Seminole

AKA / LKA-105 Skagit

AKA / LKA-106 Union

AKA / LKA-107 Vermilion

AKA / LKA-108 Washburn

AKA-109 San Joaquin Canceled, 27 August 1945

AKA-110 Sedgwick Canceled, 27 August 1945

AKA-111 Whitfield Canceled, 27 August 1945

AKA / LKA-112 Tulare

AKA / LKA-113 Charleston

AKA / LKA-114 Durham

AKA / LKA-115 Mobile

LKA-116 St. Louis

LKA-117 El Paso

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