USS Natrona

	USS Natrona (APA-214), at anchor, date and location unknown.
History
United States
Name	Natrona
Namesake	Natrona County, Wyoming
Ordered	as a Type VC2-S-AP5 hull, MCE hull 562
Builder	Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Yard number	562
Laid down	30 June 1944
Launched	27 September 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs Anna Louise Spigler
Commissioned	8 November 1944
Decommissioned	29 July 1946
Stricken	1 October 1958
Identification	Hull symbol: APA-214; Code letters: NPQF; ;
Honors and; awards	1 × battle star for World War II service
Fate	Sold for scrap, 5 March 1975, delivered, 1 April 1975
General characteristics APA Specifications
Class and 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 × Combustion Engineering 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	87 officers, 1,475 enlisted
Complement	56 officers, 480 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
Operations:	Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (26 March–30 June 1945)
Awards:	American Campaign Medal; Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal; Philippine Liberation Medal;

USS Natrona (APA-214) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy in World War II. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. Natrona was named for Natrona County, Wyoming.

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