USS_Colington_(AKS-29)

USS <i>Colington</i> (AG-148)

USS Colington (AG-148)

Cargo ship of the United States Navy

For other ships with the same name, see USS Colington.

USS Colington (AG-148/AKS-29) – also known as USS LST-1085 - was an LST-511-class tank landing ship launched by the U.S. Navy during the final months of World War II. Colington served as a supply and stores-issue ship for the U.S. 7th Fleet, and was decommissioned after the war.

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Constructed in Pennsylvania

The second ship to be so named by the Navy, Colington was launched 13 January 1945 by American Bridge Company, Ambridge, Pennsylvania; and commissioned 21 February 1945 as LST-1085.

Colington served with the U.S. Navy occupation forces in Asia after World War II,

Post-war disposition

USS LST-1085 was reclassified AG-148 on 27 January and named Colington on 1 February 1949. She was again reclassified to AKS-29 on 18 August 1951.

She was struck from the Navy List 1 April 1960.

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