USS Appanoose (AK-226) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the United States Navy named for the Meskwaki chief Appanoose and Appanoose County, Iowa. A. J. Cassatt was laid down on 20 June 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 2662) by the Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Inc., Baltimore, Maryland; launched on 27 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. A. J. Cassatt. She was acquired by the Navy on 10 August 1944, renamed Appanoose (AK-226) and commissioned on 26 September 1944, Lieutenant Commander Volmer H. S. G. Holm in command. Appanoose earned one battle star for her World War II service