rapidly with water and the order was given to abandon ship. Sank with Captain Smith and approximately 100 seamen. was sunk by enemy action, 13 August 1943. had Kamikaze attack damage on 1 April 1945 at Okinawa. Over 15 men were killed. The extensive engine room damage was later repaired. had Kamikaze attack damage on 2 April 1945 at Okinawa. 37 Navy and 14 Army personnel were killed. At 1828 two 250 pound bombs penetrated two deck levels and exploded on the main deck, resulting in fires and flooding that were not brought under control until 2100. on 2 April 1945 was hit by kamikaze attacked, the plane hit the side of the ship then dropped into the sea. She was later repaired. on 13 August 1945 damaged in last kamikaze attack of WW2, 21 sailors killed and 89 wounded. had mine damage on 17 September 1945, off Okinawa, this caused the death of three men and damaged the ship extensively. Demise By the end of the 1950s, it was clear that boats would soon be superseded by amphibious tractors (LVTs) and air assault helicopters for landing combat assault troops. These could not be supported by attack transports in the numbers required, and new categories of amphibious ships began to replace APAs throughout the 1960s. By 1969, when the surviving attack transports were redesignated as "amphibious transports" (LPA) (retaining their previous numbers), only a few remained in commissioned service. The last of these were decommissioned in 1980 and sold abroad, leaving only a few thoroughly obsolete World War II era hulls still laid up in the Maritime Administration's reserve fleet. The APA/LPA designation may, therefore, now be safely considered extinct. In fiction The 1956 movie Away All Boats presents operations on an attack transport. It was based on a popular novel of the same name, written by an officer who served on one during World War 2. See also Amphibious cargo ship (AKA/LKA). Nearly identical ships used to transport vehicles, supplies and landing craft. Landing ship, infantry High-speed transport APD References APA/LPA -- Attack Transports by the US Naval Historical Center Ship types United States Navy in the 20th century Amphibious warfare vessels