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USS Whitfield (AKA-111) was an Andromeda class attack cargo ship whose construction was cancelled due to the end of World War II. She was named after Whitfield County, Georgia.

The ship was scheduled to be built for the U.S. Navy under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2898) by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., of Kearny, N.J. However, due to the end of the war in the Pacific, the contract for her construction was cancelled on 27 August 1945 before her keel was laid down.

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 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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v t e Andromeda-class attack cargo ships
United States Navy	Completed Achernar Algol Alshain Andromeda Aquarius Arneb Capricornus Centaurus Cepheus Chara Diphda Leo Marquette Mathews Merrick Montague Muliphen Oglethorpe Rolette Sheliak Theenim Thuban Uvalde Virgo Warrick Whiteside Whitley Winston Wyandot Yancey Cancelled Sedgwick Whitfield
Marina Militare	Etna (ex-Whitley)
Spanish Navy	Castilla (ex-Achernar)
Preceded by: Arcturus class Followed by: Artemis class
List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships

• Andromeda-class attack cargo ships
• Whitfield County, Georgia
• Ships built in Kearny, New Jersey
• Cancelled ships of the United States Navy