USS Elkhart (APA-80) was a Gilliam-class attack transport that served with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1945.

Sailing from San Diego 3 April 1945, Elkhart during her brief war service carried cargo in or out of Eniwetok, Ulithi, Leyte, Peleliu, Guam, and Okinawa.

In July she supported the occupation of Kume Shima in Okinawa Gunto.

With the end of hostilities, she made one trip to Tokyo Bay to deliver occupation cargo, then transported 6th Marine Division from Guam to reoccupy Qingdao, China.

Elkhart was decommissioned at Seattle 12 April and returned to the Maritime Commission 28 June 1946.