USS Suffolk

USS Suffolk (AKA-69) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946.

Suffolk, after outfitting, got underway for the Charleston Navy Yard where she was depermed on 19 November and, on the 25th, began her shakedown cruise in the Chesapeake Bay.

Suffolk sortied with Task Group (TG) 51.1, the Western Islands Attack Force, on 21 March for Kerama Retto.

On 16 June she stood out to sea, en route to Eniwetok, Saipan, and the Bonin Islands, arriving at Iwo Jima on 7 July.

All cargo was discharged within three days, and the ship headed back to San Francisco, arriving on 26 July.

Suffolk arrived at Espiritu Santo on 4 September; discharged cargo and passengers; and sailed for Leyte on the 6th.

Ex-USS Suffolk was sold by the Maritime Administration for commercial service in 1947 and renamed SS Southport.