USS Noble (APA-218) was a Haskell-class attack transport which saw service with the US Navy in World War II and the Korean War. She was later transferred to the Spanish Navy in the 1960s under a mutual assistance agreement.
Noble was named after counties in Indiana, Ohio and Oklahoma. She was laid down as MCV hull 566 on 20 July 1944 by Permanente Metals Corporation of Richmond, California as a modified Victory ship; completed by the Kaiser Shipyard at Richmond; launched 18 October 1944; acquired by the Navy on 27 November 1944; and commissioned the same day, Comdr. Solomon S. Isquith in command.
Famous quotes containing the word noble:
“my pleasure
was in the strength of my back,
in my noble shoulders, the cool
smooth flesh cylinders of my arms.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)