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Attack Cargo Ship (AKA)
Amphibious Cargo Ship (LKA)
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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-66
AKA-16 Aquarius ex AK-65
AKA-17 Centaurus ex AK-64
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-25 Circe
AKA-26 Corvus
AKA-27 Devosa
AKA-28 Hydrus
AKA-29 Lacerta
AKA-30 Lumen
AKA-31 Medea
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-51 Xenia
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-60 Leo
AKA / LKA-61 Muliphen
AKA-62 Sheliak
AKA-63 Theenim
AKA-64 Tolland
AKA-65 Shoshone
AKA-66 Southampton
AKA-67 Starr
AKA-68 Stokes
AKA-69 Suffolk
AKA-70 Tate
AKA-71 Todd
AKA-72 Caswell
AKA-73 New Hanover
AKA-74 Lenoir
AKA-75 Alamance
AKA-76 Torrance
AKA-77 Towner
AKA-78 Trego
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-105 / 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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