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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

AP-5 Chaumont
AH-10 Samaritan

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Quebec - Juliet

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Chaumont Class Transport:

Built in 1920 at American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, PA.

Acquired by the Navy from the War Department, 3 November 1921

Commissioned USS Chaumont (AP-5), 22 November 1921, LCDR. G. H. Emmerson in temporary command, CDR. C. L. Arnold assumed command, 1 December 1921

Decommissioned, 28 August 1943, for conversion to a Hospital Ship

Recommissioned USS Samaritan (AH-10), 1 March 1944

During World War II Samaritan (AH-10) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan 1 to 10 August 1944	Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima 20 to 22 February 1945 25 February 1945
Western Caroline Islands operation Capture and occupation of Southern Palau Islands Peleliu - September 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto 13 April 1945

Decommissioned, 25 June 1946, at San Francisco, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Turned over to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 29 August, 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1948

Samaritan received four battle stars for WWII service

Specifications:
Displacement 10,000 t.(fl)
Length 449'
Beam 58'
Draft 24'
Speed 13 kts.
(AH) Patient capacity 394
Propulsion geared turbine, single screw, 6,000hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By/ Source
USS Chaumont (AP-5)
	119k	Chaumont (AP-5) underway in the 1920s. Photo courtesy of CAPT. F. L. Oliver, USN, 1927. US Navy Photo #: NH 55089 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Robert Hurst
	67k	Chaumont (AP-5) at anchor in the 1920s or 1930s. US Navy Photo #: NH 1375 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	55k	Chaumont (AP-5) moored to a landing with troops on deck in the 1920s or 1930s. US Navy Photo #: NH 55090 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	72k	Chaumont (AP-5) pierside at Corinto, Nicaragua, in the 1920s or 1930s. US Navy Photo #: NH 55091 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Robert Hurst
	63k	Chaumont (AP-5) in Chinese waters during the 1930s. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Ulrika Mikel, 1972. US Navy Photo #: NH 76474 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Robert Hurst
	23k	Chaumont (AP-5) departing San Diego, 29 August 1937, loaded with Marines bound for China	James D. McGrew
	25k	Chaumont (AP-5) departing San Diego, 29 August 1937, loaded with Marines bound for China	James D. McGrew
	20k	Chaumont (AP-5) departing San Diego, 29 August 1937, loaded with Marines bound for China	James D. McGrew
	111k	Chaumont (AP-5) arriving off the Bund at Shanghai, China, with the 6th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps, on 19 September 1937. The Marines had been sent to reinforce the 4th Marine Regiment in guarding the U. S. sector of the International Settlement during the Sino-Japanese war. The tug is either *St. Sampson* or *St. Dominic. Photo courtesy of Vice Admiral M. L. Deyo, USN (Ret.), 1973. US Navy Photo # NH 77810* from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Robert Hurst
	89k	Chaumont (AP-5) arriving at Shanghai, China, with the 6th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps, on 19 September 1937. Assisted by the tugs *St. Sampson* and *St. Dominic, she is preparing to moor in "Man of War Row" in the Whangpoo (Huangpu) River off the Shanghai Bund. The ships moored in the row include the British cruiser HMS Danae* and sloop HMS Falmouth, the French cruiser *Dumont d'Urville* and sloop *Tahure, and the Italian cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli. The Dutch destroyer Van Galen* is astern of *Chaumont. Photo courtesy of Rear Admiral J. P. Walker, USN (Ret.), 1973. US Navy Photo # NH 77893* from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Robert Hurst
	72k	Chaumont (AP-5) mooring in the river at Shanghai, China, 19 September 1937, with men of the 6th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps, on deck. Crewmen of the Italian cruiser *Raimondo Montecuccoli, moored just astern, are observing the maneuver. Note the Italian cruiser's truncated conical tower forward superstructure and the jack on her bow. Photo courtesy of Rear Admiral J. P. Walker, USN (Ret.), 1973. US Navy Photo # NH 77892* from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	22k	Chaumont (AP-5) departing Manila Bay, 12 October 1937 bound for Shanghai, China.	Chuck White
	169k	Photo of Albert Weigandt F1/c's Souvenir of Chaumont (AP-5)'s voyage to the Far East in 1937	James Card QMC USN for his grandfather Albert Weigandt F1/c USS Chaumont, 27 August 1937 to 8 January 1938
	87k	Close-up view of the Weigandt Souvenir of Chaumont (AP-5)'s voyage to the Far East in 1937	James Card QMC USN for his grandfather Albert Weigandt F1/c USS Chaumont, 27 August 1937 to 8 January 1938
	20k	Chaumont (AP-5) underway, date and place unknown.	Russ Padden
	70k	Chaumont (AP-5) "seen here in Man of War Row" in the Whangpoo (Huangpu) River, Shanghai, China. The photo was probably taken in late May or early June 1939. *Chaumont* is moored in the most distant row, ahead of the Italian cruiser *Bartolomeo Colleoni* and astern of the French cruiser *Lamotte-Picquet. The merchantman moored in the nearer offshore row include the British SS Shantung* (left) and the Italian SS Enderia (center). The British merchantman SS Yingchow is moored in the distance, beyond *Chaumont's bow. US Navy photo # NH 81988*, collection of Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, 1975, US Naval Historical Center.	Robert Hurst
	114k	Chaumont (AP-5) at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 4 October 1941. Texas (BB-35) is in the background to the right with Dickerson (DD-157) and another four-piper. The British aircraft carrier in the foreground is probably HMS Illustrious under repair under "Aid Short of War." US National Archives photo # 19-N-25845, a US Navy BUSHIPS photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
USS Samaritan (AH-10)
	40k	Samaritan (AH-10) at anchor, 13 March 1945, place unknown. US Navy photo	.
	48k	Samaritan (AH-10), date and place unknown. US Navy photo	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII Web Site
	81k	Samaritan (AH-10) at anchor, 30 October 1944, place unknown US Navy photo	Naval Hospital Corps School Web Site
	58k	Samaritan (AH-10) underway, date and place unknown. Photo by Lowell Reistad, Rudyerd Bay (CVE 81)	Paul Neacsu
	42k	Samaritan (AH-10) off Iwo Jima in February 1945. Mount Suribatchi is in the background. Beyond the hospital ship are *LST-755* and *LST-764* in weathered pattern camouflage. *Samaritan* was painted white with a green hull band and red crosses on sides and funnel. US Navy photo from DANFS.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	68k	Samaritan (AH-10) off Iwo Jima in February 1945. *LSM-46* has just shoved off after delivering wounded Marines to the hospital ship and is returning to the beach to collect additional wounded Marines. Photo was taken from *LSM-46* by Lawrence A. Miller QM2/c.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. for his father in honor of his father Lawrence A. Miller QM2/c USS LSM-46
	77k	Samaritan (AH-10) underway in San Francisco Bay, CA., between August 1945 and June 1946. US Navy photo # NH 98753, donation of Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN, (Ret), 2003 to the collection of the US Naval Historical Center.	Robert Hurst