USS Uvalde (AKA-88) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship named after Uvalde County, Texas, the home of former Vice President John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner. Uvalde (AKA-88) (formerly projected as the merchant freighter Wild Pigeon) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1188) on 27 March 1944 at Oakland, California, by the Moore Dry Dock Co.; launched on 20 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. George J. Kean; and commissioned on 18 August 1944, Lt. Comdr. William M. McCloy, USNR, in command.