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