USS Okala

History
United States
Name	USS Okala
Namesake	Okala, an island off the coast of Molokai
Builder	Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Company, Jeffersonville, Indiana
Laid down	1 December 1944
Launched	8 February 1945
Commissioned	28 June 1945
Decommissioned	5 August 1946
Renamed	Okala, 23 December 1944
Reclassified	ARST-2, 8 December 1944
Stricken	15 October 1946
Fate	Sold 25 July 1947
General characteristics
Type	Laysan Island-class salvage craft tender
Displacement	4,100 long tons (4,166 t) full
Length	328 ft (100 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Propulsion	two General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines single Falk Main Reduction Gears four Diesel-drive 100 kW 120 / 240 V DC twin rudders twin propellers, 1,800 shp
Speed	11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Complement	269
Armament	2 × quad 40mm AA gun 12 × single 20mm AA guns

USS Okala (ARST-2) was a Laysan Island-class salvage craft tender of the United States Navy.

Service history

She was laid down on 1 December 1944 as LST-1099 by the Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. She was named Okala on 23 December 1944 and commissioned on 28 June 1945 with Lieutenant Louis Silver commanding.

After a monthlong shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico, Okala transited the Panama Canal and steamed to Buckner Bay in Okinawa on 27 September. She was based there until transfer to Yokosuka in late November. She sailed to Seattle on 25 March 1946 and was decommissioned there on 5 August 1946, struck on 15 October 1946 and sold 25 July 1947.

References

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.