USS Hempstead (APA-241)

History
United States
Name	USS Hempstead (APA-241)
Namesake	Hempstead County, Arkansas
Builder	Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon (proposed)
Laid down	Never
Fate	Construction contract cancelled 27 August 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Haskell-class attack transport
Displacement	14,800 tons (full load)
Length	455 ft 0 in (138.68 m) overall; 436 ft 6 in (133.05 m) (waterline)
Beam	62 ft 0 in (18.90 m)
Draught	24 ft 0 in (7.32 m) maximum
Installed power	8,500 shaft horsepower (6.35 MW)
Propulsion	Westinghouse turbine, two Babcock & Wilcox boilers, one shaft; 1,177 tons fuel oil
Speed	16.5 knots
Boats & landing craft carried	21 or 22 LCVPs, 2 LCM(3)s, 1 or 2 LCP(L)s, 1 LCP(R)
Capacity	2,900 tons cargo
Troops	1,561 troops
Complement	536
Armament	1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber gun 1 quadruple 40 mm antiaircraft gun mount 4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts 10 × 20 mm anti-aircraft guns

The second proposed USS Hempstead (AVP-43) was a United States Navy attack transport that was never laid down.

Hempstead was to have been a Haskell-class attack transport, attack transports differing from conventional transports in being specifically designed to unload their troops and cargo over the side into boats, less efficient for hauling troops and cargo but far more efficient for unloading them in an amphibious landing. The Haskell class was based on a re-designed version of the civilian Victory Ship hull.

Hempstead was excess to requirements after the end of World War II, and the Maritime Commission contract with Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon, for her construction was cancelled on 27 August 1947 before construction began.

References[]

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