USS Mountrail

History
Starboard aerial bow view of USS Mountrail (APA-213), under way off the coast of California, in December 1944.
United States
Name	Mountrail
Namesake	Mountrail County, North Dakota
Ordered	as a Type VC2-S-AP5 hull, MCE hull 561
Builder	Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Yard number	561
Laid down	24 June 1944
Launched	20 September 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs Margaret H. Marshall
Commissioned	16 November 1944
Decommissioned	12 July 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: APA-213 Code letters: NPPT
Honors & awards	1 × battle star for World War II service
Fate	laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group, 12 July 1946
United States
Recommissioned	9 September 1950
Decommissioned	1 October 1955
Honors & awards	3 × battle stars for Korean War service
Fate	Withdrawn for Reserve Fleet, 5 August 1961, for reactivation
United States
Acquired	5 August 1961
Recommissioned	22 November 1961
Decommissioned	13 August 1970
Reclassified	redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA-213), 1 January 1969
Stricken	1 December 1976
Identification	Hull symbol: APA-213 Hull symbol: LPA-213
Fate	Scrapping complete, 21 May 1991
General characteristics
Class & type	Haskell-class attack transport
Type	Type VC2-S-AP5
Displacement	6,873 long tons (6,983 t) (light load) 14,837 long tons (15,075 t) (full load)
Length	455 ft (139 m)
Beam	62 ft (19 m)
Draft	24 ft (7.3 m)
Installed power	2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 465 psi (3,210 kPa) 750 °F (399 °C) 8,500 shp (6,338 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Westinghouse geared turbine 1 x propeller
Speed	17.7 kn (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × LCMs 1 × open LCPL 18 × LCVPs 2 × LCPRs 1 × closed LCPL (Captain's Gig)
Capacity	2,900 long tons (2,900 t) DWT 150,000 cu ft (4,200 m³) (non-refrigerated)
Troops	86 officers, 1,475 enlisted
Complement	55 officers, 477 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose gun 1 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 4 × twin 40mm Bofors (AA) gun mounts 10 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA mounts
Service record
Part of:	TransRon 17 (WWII)
Operations:	World War II Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (26 March–25 April 1945) Korean War First UN Counter Offensive (5–12 February 1951) Communist China Spring Offensive (11–14 May 1951) Korean Defense Summer–Fall 1952 (1–19 August, 27 August–4 September, 17–18 October, 11–19 November 1952)
Awards:	World War II American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Service Medal National Defense Service Medal China Service Medal Philippine Liberation Medal Korean War Korean Service Medal United Nations Korea Medal Republic of Korea War Service Medal Vietnam Era Navy E Ribbon Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Navy Expeditionary Medal

USS Mountrail (APA/LPA-213) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War era. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. Mountrail was named for Mountrail County, North Dakota.