WWII: Navy Amphibious Warfare Ships Manned by Coastguardsmen

338' Type C1-M-AV1 Alamosa Class AK

Designation	Name	Classification	Hull Num	Service	Comments	Pictures

USS	Codington	AK	173	1945 - 1946
USS	Craighead	AK	175	1945 - 1946		NS
USS	Somerset	AK	212	1945 - 1945
USS	Sussex	AK	213	1945 - 1946		NS
USS	Tarrant	AK	214	1945 - 1945

441' Type EC-2SC-1 Crater Class AK

Designation	Name	Classification	Hull Num	Service	Comments	Pictures

USS	Albireo	AK	90	1943 - 1946		NS
USS	Cor Caroli	AK	91	1943 - 1945		NS
USS	Eridanus	AK	92	1943 - 1946		NS
USS	Etamin	AK	93	1943 - 1946		NS
USS	Mintaka	AK	94	1943 - 1945		NS
USS	Murzim	AK	95	1943 - 1946		NS
USS	Sterope	AK	96	1943 - 1946		NS
USS	Serpens	AK	97	1943 - 1945	Exploded off Guadalcanal 198 Killed Largest single loss of life in CG history	NS
USS	Menkar	AK	123	1944 - 1946	Used for LORAN construction	NS

459' Type C2-S-B1 Andromeda Class AKA

Designation	Name	Classification	Hull Num	Service	Comments	Yes

USS	Aquarius	AKA	16	1943 - 1946		NS
USS	Centaurus	AKA	17	1943 - 1946		NS
USS	Cepeus	AKA	18	1943 - 1946		NS

269' Type N3-M-A1 Enceladus Class AKA

Designation	Name	Classification	Hull Num	Service	Comments	Yes

USS	Enceladus	AK	80	1942 - 1945		NS
USS	Hydra	AK	82	1943 - 1943		NS

608' Type P2-SE2-R1 Admiral W. S. Benson Class AP

Designation	Name	Classification	Hull Num	Service	Comments	Pictures

USS	Adm. W. L. Capps	AP	121	1944 - 1946		NS
USS	Adm. E. W. Eberle	AP	123	1945 - 1946		NS
USS	Adm. C. F. Hughes	AP	124	1945 - 1946		NS
USS	Adm. H. T. Mayo	AP	125	1945 - 1946		NS

552' Type C4-S-A1 General G. O. Squire Class AP

Designation	Name	Classification	Hull Num	Service	Comments	Pictures

USS	Gen. R. L. Howze	AP	134	1944 - 1946		NS
USS	Gen. W. M. Black	AP	135	1945 - 1946		NS
USS	Gen. H. L. Scott	AP	136	1945 - 1946		NS
USS	Gen. A. W. Greeley	AP	141	1945 - 1946		NS
USS	Gen. C. H. Muir	AP	142	1945 - 1946		NS
USS	Gen. H. B. Freeman	AP	143	1945 - 1946		NS
USS	Gen. H. F. Hodges	AP	144	1945 - 1946		NS
USS	Gen. A. W. Brewster	AP	155	1944 - 1946		NS
USS	Gen. D. E. Aultman	AP	156	1945 - 1946		NS

622' Type P2-S2-R2 General John Pope Class AP

Designation	Name	Classification	Hull Num	Service	Comments	Pictures

USS	Gen. William Mitchell	AP	114	1945 - 1946	Largest class vessel commanded by a CG officer	NS
USS	General George Randall	AP	115	1944 - 1946		NS
USS	Gen. N. C. Meigs	AP	116	1944 - 1946		NS
USS	Gen. W. H. Gordon	AP	117	1944 - 1946		NS
USS	Gen. W. P. Richardson	AP	118	1944 - 1946		NS
USS	Gen. William Weigel	AP	119	1946 - 1946		NS
USS	Gen. J. C. Breckinridge	AP	176	1945 - 1946		NS

492' Type C3-S-A2 Bayfield Class APA

Designation	Name	Classification	Hull Num	Service	Comments	Pictures

USS	Bayfield	APA	33	1943 - 1946		NS
USS	Calloway	APA	35	1943 - 1946		NS
USS	Cambria	APA	36	1943 - 1946		NS
USS	Cavalier	APA	37	1944 - 1946		NS

489' Type C3-P&C Arthur Middleton Class APA

Designation	Name	Classification	Hull Num	Service	Comments	Pictures

USS	Arthur Middleton	AP	55	1941 - 1946		NS
USS	Samuel Chase	AP/APA	56/26	1942 - 1946		NS

535' 1921 Era Harris Class APA

Designation	Name	Classification	Hull Num	Service	Comments	Pictures

USS	Hunter Liggett	AP	27/14	1939 - 1946		NS
USS	Leonard Wood	AP/APA	25/12	1941 - 1946		NS
USS	Joseph Dickman	AP/APA	26/13	1941 - 1946		NS

Misc AP/APA

Designation	Name	Classification	Hull Num	Service	Comments	Pictures

USS	Monticello 651'	AP	61	1942 - 1946		NS
USS	Wakefield 751' (ex United States Lines Liner Manhattan)	AP	21	1941 - 1946		NS

Landing Ship, Tank

Designation	Classification	Hull Num	Service	Comments	Pictures

USS	LST		1943 - 1945	The Coast Guard manned 77 for the Navy A complete list can be found at this Link	Yes

Landing Craft, Infantry

Designation	Classification	Hull Num	Service	Comments	Pictures

USS	LCI	83	1942 - 1945	The Coast Guard manned 28 for the Navy A complete list can be find at theis Link	Yes

Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel

Designation	Classification	Hull Num	Service	Comments	Pictures

USS	LCVP	LCVP	1942 - 1946