The USS Oconto (APA-187) was a Haskell-class attack transport laid down on April 5, 1944, and launched on June 20, the same year. It was commissioned on September 2, 1944, under Comdr. Paul Jackson’s command, with the hull number APA-187 and it served in the U.S. Navy for 2 years until it was decommissioned on May 22, 1946. During its activity, the ship carried a complement of 536 people on board and had its main missions in Lingayen Gulf, Okinawa, the Philippines, New Guinea, Leyte, Biak, Luzon, and Norfolk. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on June 19, 1946, and sold for scrapping to Luria Bros. & Co. in 1974. For the services brought to the country during World War II, the USS Oconto received 1 battle star.
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