USS Okaloosa (APA-219)

USS Okaloosa (APA-219) was a Haskell-class attack transport that saw service with the US Navy in World War II.

Okaloosa was named after an Okaloosa County, Florida. She was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MCV Hull 567) on 8 August 1944 by Permanente Metals Corporation of Richmond, California; launched 22 October 1944; acquired by the Navy on a loan charter basis 28 November 1944; and commissioned the same day, Capt. R. E. Jasperson in command.