Baron of Renfrew (ship) was exempt from the high taxes on imported timber. She was built by Charles Wood, Anse du Fort, Quebec, Canada, on his own account. She followed the construction of a similar disposable ship, the barque "Columbus" built the year before. On August 23, 1825 under the command of captain Matthew Walker the ship left Quebec with a crew of 25 men and a cargo of 9000 tons timber (probably ship and cargo weight, both timber) bound for London, England. On October 21 of the same year the ship appeared in the English Channel but stranded the day after on the
Amphibious cargo ship redesignated all its AKA "attack" cargo ships as LKA "amphibious" cargo ships. At the same time, the other "A" designations of amphibious ships were changed to similar "L" designations. For example, all the APAs were redesignated as LPAs. In the 1960s, both the United States Navy and the British Royal Navy developed amphibious transport docks which gradually took on this unique amphibious role and today have assumed it completely. The last amphibious cargo ship in the U. S. Navy, USS "El Paso" (LKA-117), was decommissioned in April, 1994. Amphibious cargo ship Amphibious cargo ships were U.S. Navy ships designed specifically