USS Tolland (AKA-64) Class

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USS Todd (AKA-71) circa 1945
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Class:        TOLLAND (AKA-64)
Design:        MC C2-S-AJ3
Displacement (tons):        6,318 light, 14,160 lim.
Dimensions (feet):        459.2' oa, 435.0' pp x 63.0' e x 26.4' lim.
Original Armament:        1-5"/38 4-40mmT 16-20mm (1944-45: all)
Later armaments:        1-5"/38 4-40mmT 6<10-20mmT (1946-52: AKA-104-08); 1-5"/38 4-40mmT 18>6-20mm (1946-56: AKA-103, 107); 1-5”/38 4-40mmT (1957-59: AKA 103-08);
4-40mmT (1958-61: AKA 104-06, 108)
Complement:        --
Speed (kts.):        16.5
Propulsion (HP):        6,000
Machinery:        G.E. turbine, 1 screw

Construction:

AKA	Name	Acq.	Builder	Keel	Launch	Commiss.
64	TOLLAND	13 Aug 44	North Carolina SB	22 Apr 44	26 Jun 44	4 Sep 44
65	SHOSHONE	31 Aug 44	North Carolina SB	12 May 44	17 Jul 44	24 Sep 44
66	SOUTHAMPTON	16 Sep 44	North Carolina SB	26 May 44	28 Jul 44	8 Oct 44
67	STARR	29 Sep 44	North Carolina SB	13 Jun 44	18 Aug 44	21 Oct 40
68	STOKES	12 Oct 44	North Carolina SB	26 Jun 44	31 Aug 44	4 Nov 44
69	SUFFOLK	23 Oct 44	North Carolina SB	11 Jul 44	15 Sep 44	14 Nov 44
70	TATE	3 Nov 44	North Carolina SB	22 Jul 44	26 Sep 44	25 Nov 44
71	TODD	14 Nov 44	North Carolina SB	10 Aug 44	10 Oct 44	30 Nov 44
72	CASWELL	27 Nov 44	North Carolina SB	25 Aug 44	24 Oct 44	13 Dec 44
73	NEW HANOVER	6 Dec 44	North Carolina SB	31 Aug 44	31 Oct 44	22 Dec 44
74	LENOIR	14 Dec 44	North Carolina SB	7 Sep 44	6 Nov 44	31 Dec 44
75	ALAMANCE	22 Dec 44	North Carolina SB	15 Sep 44	11 Nov 44	9 Jan 45
76	TORRANCE	20 Jun 44	North Carolina SB	1 Apr 44	6 Jun 44	18 Nov 44
77	TOWNER	27 Jun 44	North Carolina SB	8 Apr 44	13 Jun 44	1 Dec 44
78	TREGO	4 Jul 44	North Carolina SB	14 Apr 44	20 Jun 44	21 Dec 44
79	TROUSDALE	24 Jul 44	North Carolina SB	28 Apr 44	3 Jul 44	21 Dec 44
80	TYRRELL	30 Jul 44	North Carolina SB	6 May 44	10 Jul 44	4 Dec 44
81	VALENCIA	14 Aug 44	North Carolina SB	20 May 44	22 Jul 44	9 Jan 45
82	VENANGO	25 Aug 44	North Carolina SB	6 Jun 44	9 Aug 44	2 Jan 45
83	VINTON	7 Sep 44	North Carolina SB	20 Jun 44	25 Aug 44	23 Feb 45
84	WAUKESHA	20 Sep 44	North Carolina SB	3 Jul 44	6 Sep 44	23 Feb 45
85	WHEATLAND	6 Oct 44	North Carolina SB	17 Jul 44	21 Sep 44	3 Apr 45
86	WOODFORD	19 Oct 44	North Carolina SB	29 Jul 44	5 Oct 44	3 Mar 45
87	DUPLIN	30 Oct 44	North Carolina SB	18 Aug 44	17 Oct 44	15 May 45
101	OTTAWA	9 Jan 45	North Carolina SB	5 Oct 44	29 Nov 44	8 Feb 45
102	PRENTISS	12 Jan 45	North Carolina SB	10 Oct 44	6 Dec 44	11 Feb 45
103	RANKIN	25 Jan 45	North Carolina SB	31 Oct 44	22 Dec 44	24 Feb 45
104	SEMINOLE	6 Feb 45	North Carolina SB	7 Nov 44	28 Dec 44	8 Mar 45
105	SKAGIT	28 Nov 44	North Carolina SB	21 Sep 44	18 Nov 44	2 May 45
106	UNION	4 Dec 44	North Carolina SB	27 Sep 44	23 Nov 44	25 Apr 45
107	VERMILION	23 Dec 44	North Carolina SB	17 Oct 44	12 Dec 44	23 Jun 45
108	WASHBURN	30 Dec 44	North Carolina SB	24 Oct 44	18 Dec 44	17 May 45

Disposition:

AKA	Name	Decomm.	Strike	Disposal	Fate	MA Sale
64	TOLLAND	1 Jul 46	19 Jul 46	2 Jul 46	MC/D	3 Oct 47
65	SHOSHONE	28 Jun 46	19 Jul 46	30 Jun 46	MC/D	6 Nov 47
66	SOUTHAMPTON	21 Jun 46	3 Jul 46	22 Jun 46	MC/D	15 Aug 47
67	STARR	31 May 46	19 Jun 46	1 Jun 46	MC/D	3 Dec 47
68	STOKES	9 Jul 46	19 Jul 46	9 Jul 46	MC/D	9 May 47
69	SUFFOLK	27 Jun 46	19 Jul 46	28 Jun 46	MC/D	25 Aug 47
70	TATE	10 Jul 46	19 Jul 46	13 Jul 46	MC/D	12 Nov 47
71	TODD	25 Jun 46	19 Jul 46	26 Jun 46	MC/D	26 Sep 47
72	CASWELL	19 Jun 46	3 Jul 46	21 Jun 46	MC/D	23 Jun 47
73	NEW HANOVER	30 Jul 46	15 Aug 46	31 Jul 46	MC/D	13 Jun 47
74	LENOIR	13 Jun 46	3 Jul 46	14 Jun 46	MC/D	1 Oct 47
75	ALAMANCE	25 Jun 46	19 Jul 46	26 Jun 46	MC/D	6 Aug 47
76	TORRANCE	20 Jun 46	3 Jul 46	22 Jun 46	MC/D	15 Sep 47
77	TOWNER	10 Jun 46	19 Jun 46	13 Jun 46	MC/D	19 Sep 47
78	TREGO	21 May 46	5 Jun 46	22 May 46	MC/D	9 Jul 47
79	TROUSDALE	29 Apr 46	8 May 46	30 Apr 46	MC/D	25 Feb 47
80	TYRRELL	19 Apr 46	1 May 46	22 Apr 46	MC/D	26 May 47
81	VALENCIA	8 May 46	21 May 46	13 May 46	MC/D	19 Dec 47
82	VENANGO	18 Apr 46	1 May 46	22 Apr 46	MC/D	11 Feb 47
83	VINTON	16 May 46	5 Jun 46	17 May 46	MC/D	20 Nov 47
84	WAUKESHA	10 Jul 46	31 Jul 46	10 Jul 46	MC/D	23 Oct 47
85	WHEATLAND	25 Apr 46	8 May 46	26 Apr 46	MC/D	3 Apr 47
86	WOODFORD	1 May 46	8 May 46	10 May 46	MC/D	12 Dec 47
87	DUPLIN	21 May 46	5 Jun 46	23 May 46	MC/D	23 Jun 47
101	OTTAWA	10 Jan 47	14 Mar 47	28 Jan 47	MC/D	3 Oct 47
102	PRENTISS	31 May 46	19 Jun 46	1 Jun 46	MC/D	15 Oct 47
103	RANKIN	11 May 71	1 Jan 77	1 Jul 73	MA/T	--
104	SEMINOLE	23 Dec 70	1 Sep 76	16 Nov 77	MA/S	16 Nov 77
105	SKAGIT	1 Jul 69	1 Jul 69	15 Mar 74	MA/S	15 Mar 74
106	UNION	5 Jun 70	1 Sep 76	1 Sep 71	MA/T	22 Sep 77
107	VERMILION	13 Apr 71	1 Jan 77	1 Jul 73	MA/T	--
108	WASHBURN	16 May 70	1 Sep 76	1 Sep 71	MA/T	15 Nov 79

Class Notes:
FY 1944. On 9 Nov 43 JCS requested that the MC construct 130 standard APAs and 30 standard AKAs for the Navy for completion as early in the fourth quarter of 1944 as practicable. The AKAs included 24 units of the C2-S-AJ3 type from the North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, N.C. (AKA 64-87). On 6 Jun 44 JCS requested that the MC modify its building program for the first half of 1945 to provide for the construction of 56 merchant type vessels as Naval auxiliaries. The MC on 22 Jun 44 agreed to supply 54 ships, including eight more AKAs from North Carolina (AKA 101-108).

The C2-S-AJ series of cargo ships was built exclusively at North Carolina. This yard was one of nine established at the beginning of 1941 to build the 260 merchant ships in the first wave of the U. S. emergency merchant shipbuilding program. The new yard was built and managed by the Newport News Shipbuilding Co., whose own facilities were filled with Navy work. The yard initially built Liberty ships, but in December 1942 it received its first contract for C2 freighters and it delivered its first C2 in December 1943, four months after its last Liberty. The yard's principal C2 merchant ship design, the C2-S-AJ1, differed from the standard C2 in that it was of the full scantling rather than the shelter deck type, with a greater maximum draft and higher gross and deadweight tonnages. The Navy first drew on the yard in mid-1943 for some ammunition ships (the AE-11 class), and the yard's expected large production stream made it a natural candidate to provide the ships needed for the large AKA and AGC programs of November 1943 and June-July 1944.

All of the C2-S-AJ3s, the AKA variant of the C2-S-AJ1, were built with military features (including quadruped masts) by the MC under its Military Program. They were produced simultaneously in two series. AKA 64-75 and 101-4 were acquired substantially complete and were ferried under their own power to the Charleston Navy Yard for conversion. AKA 76-87 and 105-108 were acquired incomplete (with main engines, auxiliary machinery and boilers on board but not connected up) and were towed to repair yards in New York and Baltimore for completion. (Originally these were to have been completed by North Carolina.) The ships of this class were laid down in the order indicated by their MC hull numbers, not their Navy AKA numbers (AKA-76 was the first laid down, and AKA-64 was the next hull laid down after AKA-78). Their landing craft allowance as fitted was 8 LCM's, 15 LCVP's, and 1 LCL launch. A distinctive recognition feature of this class was the slanted support for signal halyards, etc., stepped on the forward edge of the stack.

Three more North Carolina hulls, MC 2609-2611, were originally to be built as AKA 109-111, but the MC placed the order for these AKAs at Federal instead because it did not feel that North Carolina could produce the ships promptly enough to meet the Navy's schedule. The three North Carolina hulls were completed in late 1945 as standard C2-S-AJ1 type merchant ships.

Ship Notes:

AKA	Name	MC#	Notes
64	TOLLAND	1385	Ferry comm. 13-15 Aug 44. Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Merc. EDGAR F. LUCKENBACH 1947. Scrapped 1971 as RELIANCE CORDIALITY.
65	SHOSHONE	1388	Ferry comm. 31 Aug-4 Sep 44. Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Merc. ALAMEDA 1947. Scrapped 1971 as U.S. MATE.
66	SOUTHAMPTON	1390	Ferry comm. 16-18 Sep 44 (manned by U.S. Navy Ferry Crew #1). Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Merc. FLYING CLIPPER 1947. Scrapped 1971.
67	STARR	1392	Ferry comm. 29 Sep-1 Oct 44 (7-hour transit 30 Sep 44). Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Merc. INDIAN BEAR 1947. Scrapped 1970 as INDIA BEAR.
68	STOKES	1394	Ferry comm. 12-14 Oct 44. Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Merc. SIERRA 1947. Scrapped 1971 as FANWOOD.
69	SUFFOLK	1396	Ferry comm. 23-25 Oct 44. Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Merc. SOUTHPORT 1947. Scrapped 1971 as ANTILLIAN STAR.
70	TATE	1398	Ferry comm. 3-5 Nov 44. Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Merc. JULIA LUCKENBACH 1947. Scrapped 1970 as BAY STATE.
71	TODD	1400	Ferry comm. 14-16 Nov 44. Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Merc. VENTURA 1947. Scrapped 1972 as CHATHAM.
72	CASWELL	1402	Ferry comm. 27-29 Nov 44. Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Merc. SOUTHWIND 1947. To NDRF 7 Jun 63 as AMERICAN SURVEYOR. Sold by MA 10 Aug 73, to buyer 28 Aug 73.
73	NEW HANOVER	1403	Ferry comm. 6-8 Dec 44. Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Merc. ALAWAI 1947. Scrapped 1970 as SAGAMORE HILL.
74	LENOIR	1404	Ferry comm. 14 Dec 44 (transit 15 Dec 44, probably decomm. 16 Dec). Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Merc. MARGARET LYKES 1947. Scrapped 1971 as ANTILLIAN TIGER.
75	ALAMANCE	1405	Ferry comm. 22-24 Dec 44. Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Merc. SOUTHSTAR 1947. In NDRF 1962-63 as AMERICAN SUPPLIER. Scrapped 1971 as ANTILLIAN FOX.
76	TORRANCE	1382	Delivered 98.0% complete. In service for ferrying under tow 20 Jun 44 to ca. 24 Jun 44 (transit 21-24 Jun). Converted by Bethlehem Steel, Hoboken, N.J. Merc. ALCOA ROAMER 1947. Scrapped 1972 as SINGAPORE TRADER.
77	TOWNER	1383	Delivered 96.2% complete. In service for ferrying under tow 27 Jun-4 Jul 44 (transit 30 Jun-3 Jul). Converted by Todd Shipyards, Brooklyn, N.Y. Merc. PHILIPPINE BEAR 1947. Scuttled after collision 1967 as GUAM BEAR.
78	TREGO	1384	Delivered 96.2% complete. In service for ferrying under tow 4-8 Jul 44 (transit 5-7 Jul). Converted by Bethlehem 56th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Merc. MASON LYKES 1947. Scrapped 1969 as FLOWER HILL.
79	TROUSDALE	1386	Delivered 96.1% complete. In service for ferrying under tow 24-29 Jul 44 (transit 24-27 Jul). Converted by Todd Shipyards, Hoboken, N.J. Merc. LAFAYETTE 1947. Scrapped 1969 as GREEN DALE.
80	TYRRELL	1387	Delivered 94.6% complete. In service for ferrying under tow 30 Jul 44 to ca. 8 Aug 44 (transit 5-8 Aug). Converted by Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway, Baltimore, Md. Merc. CALIFORNIA BEAR 1947. To MA 4 Aug 67 as OCEANIC CLOUD, sold by MA 13 Oct 67.
81	VALENCIA	1389	Delivered 91.2% complete. In service for ferrying under tow 14 Aug 44 to ca. 18 Aug 44 (transit 15-18 Aug). Converted by Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway, Baltimore, Md. Merc. GENEVIEVE LYKES 1947. Scrapped 1970 as GARDEN CITY.
82	VENANGO	1391	Delivered 95.2% complete. In service for ferrying under tow 25-30 Aug 44 (transit 26-29 Aug). Converted by Bethlehem Steel, Hoboken, N.J. Converted for commercial service 28 Nov 46 to 11 Nov 47 at the Bethlehem Key Highway yard. Merc. PONCE DE LEON 1947. Scrapped 1971 as ANNA.
83	VINTON	1393	Delivered 95.0% complete. In service for ferrying under tow 7 Sep 44 to ca. 11 Sep 44 (transit 8-11 Sep). Converted by Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway, Baltimore, Md. Merc. GULF SHIPPER 1947. Scrapped 1971 as COLUMBIA BEAVER.
84	WAUKESHA	1395	Delivered 94.9% complete. In service for ferrying under tow 20-25 Sep 44 (transit 20-24 Sep). Converted by Todd Shipyards, Brooklyn, N.Y. Merc. MARY LUCKENBACH 1947. Sank BENEVOLENCE (AH-13) in collision 1950. Scrapped 1970 as BAYOU STATE.
85	WHEATLAND	1397	Delivered 97.9% complete. In service for ferrying under tow 6-12 Oct 44 (transit 7-10 Oct). Converted by Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, N.Y. (originally scheduled for Bethlehem Steel, Brooklyn). Merc. BEATRICE 1947. Scrapped 1973 as GRAND LOYALTY.
86	WOODFORD	1399	Delivered 98.0% complete. In service for ferrying under tow 19-26 Oct 44 (transit 22-26 Oct). Converted by Todd Shipyards, Hoboken, N.J. Merc. SUZANNE 1947. Scrapped 1973 as RAPPAHANNOCK.
87	DUPLIN	1401	Delivered 97.9% complete. In service for ferrying under tow 30 Oct 44 to ca. 9 Nov 44 (transit 7-9 Nov) for conversion at the Bethlehem Steel Co. Key Highway yard, Baltimore, Md. In service again for ferrying under tow 15-18 Dec 44 (transit 16-17 Dec), converted by NYd Norfolk. Merc. KATHRYN 1947. To NDRF 28 Sep 67 as RIO GRANDE. Sold by MA 6 Jan 71, to buyer 20 Jan 71.
101	OTTAWA	1698	Accepted 9 Jan 45, ferry comm. to 10 Jan 45. Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Merc. ANDREA F. LUCKENBACH 1947. Wrecked 12 Mar 51 off Hawaii.
102	PRENTISS	1699	Accepted 12 Jan 45, ferry comm. to 14 Jan 45. Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Merc. ALCOA RANGER 1947. Scrapped 1970 as JODY RE.
103	RANKIN	1702	Accepted 25 Jan 45, ferry comm. to 27 Jan 45. Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). Commissioning also recorded as 25 Feb 45. Stk. 23 Jun 47, decomm. and to MC and NDRF 21 May 47. Contract of sale to Isbrandtsen Co., Inc., signed 18 Dec 47, out of NDRF 30 Dec 47, approval of this sale rescinded by MC 17 Aug 48 and ship returned to NDRF 26 Aug 48. Reinst. 17 Jul 51, from MC 24 Sep 51. To LKA-103 1 Jan 69. To NDRF 12 Aug 71, to Florida for use as a fish reef 23 Sep 87, delivered by MA 5 May 88.
104	SEMINOLE	1703	Accepted 6 Feb 45, ferry comm. to 8 Feb 45. Converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.). To LKA-104 1 Jan 69. To NDRF 20 May 71, to buyer 12 Dec 77.
105	SKAGIT	1696	Delivered 98.0% complete. Accepted 28 Nov 44, in service for ferrying under tow to ca. 20 Dec 44 (transit 1-20 Dec, adrift 5-7 Dec after breaking tow in storm). Converted by Bethlehem Steel, Hoboken, N.J. In USN reserve 1949-50. To LKA-105 1 Jan 69. To NDRF 19 May 70, to buyer 22 Apr 74.
106	UNION	1697	Delivered 98.0% complete. Accepted 4 Dec 44, in service for ferrying under tow to 22 Dec 44 (transit 17-22 Dec after weather delay). Converted by Bethlehem Steel, Hoboken, N.J. To LKA-106 1 Jan 69. To NDRF 18 Aug 70, to buyer 12 Dec 77.
107	VERMILION	1700	Delivered 98.0% complete. Accepted 23 Dec 44, in service for ferrying under tow to 8 Jan 45 (transit 4-8 Jan). Converted by Todd Shipyards, Brooklyn, N.Y. In USN reserve 1949-50. To LKA-107 1 Jan 69. To NDRF 27 Jul 71, delivered by MA for use as a fish reef 4 Mar 88.
108	WASHBURN	1701	Delivered 98.0% complete. Accepted 30 Dec 44, in service for ferrying under tow to 13 Jan 45 (transit 10-13 Jan). Converted by Todd Shipyards, Hoboken, N.J. To LKA-108 1 Jan 69. To NDRF 19 Aug 70, to buyer 20 Dec 79, scrapped by 18 Feb 80.