Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

AKA-86 Woodford

Tolland Class Attack Cargo Ship: Laid down, 17 July 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1399), at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp. Wilmington, NC; Launched, 5 October 1944; Acquired by the Navy, 19 October 1944, from the Maritime Commission, and towed to her conversion yard at Hoboken, NJ; Commissioned USS Woodford (AKA-86), 3 March 1945, at Todd Shipyard Corp., Hoboken, NJ; Decommissioned, 1 May 1946, at Norfolk VA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946; Returned to the Maritime Commission, 10 May 1946; Sold by the Maritime Commission for commercial service in 1947 to A H Bull Steamship Co., NY, and renamed Suzanne; Subsequently acquired by Westmount Shipping Co., NY, renamed Rappahannock; Final Disposition, fate unknown.

.
Specifications: Displacement 8,635 t.(lt) 13,910 t (fl); Length 459' 2"; Beam 63'; Draft 26' 4"; Speed 16.5kts; Complement Officers 62 Enlisted 333; Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four twin 40 mm gun mounts sixteen single 20 mm gun mounts; Boats, fourteen LCVP, eight LCM; Cargo Capacity, 380,000 cu ft, (5,275 t.); Propulsion, GE geared turbine drive, single propeller, 6,000shp.
Click On Image
For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Contributed
By
Woodford 39k Woodford (AKA-86), date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII website
View the Woodford (AKA-86)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
No Information Available
Back to the Navsource Photo Archives Main Page Back To The Amphibious Ship Type Index Back To The Amphibious Cargo Ship (AKA) Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.
This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
© 2005 Gary P. Priolo © 1996 - 2008 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.