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Mecklenburg

 

Counties in southern North Carolina and southern Virginia.

 

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Construction of Mecklenburg (APA‑247) by Oregon Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Oreg., was authorized under a Maritime Commission contract 1 March 1945. However, work on the Haskell‑class attacktransport, the last attack transport to be authorized during World War II, was suspended 14 August 1945 and the contract was canceled 27 August 1945.