USS Neshoba (APA 216) was a Haskell-class attack transport in the United States Navy. She was named for Neshoba County, Mississippi. One of the 130 ships of her class, the Neshoba was built by the Permanente Metals Corporation of Richmond, California, and launched on 7 October 1944. She was commissioned as a ship of the United States Navy on 16 November 1944 being sponsored by Mrs. Wendall E. Adams of Berkeley, California, and placed in command of Commander Martin J. Drury, USN. The conversion to an attack transport was made at Hunter's Point Ship Yard in San Francisco. The conversion consisted of installing Navy radio and radar equipment, armament, adding Welin davits for landing craft, and loading the landing craft themselves.