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AP-5 Chaumont
AH-10 Samaritan

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
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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

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    USS Chaumont (AP-5)
    Chaumont 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
    Chaumont 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
    Chaumont 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
    Chaumont 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
    Chaumont 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
    Chaumont 23k Chaumont (AP-5) departing San Diego, 29 August 1937, loaded with Marines bound for China James D. McGrew
    Chaumont 25k Chaumont (AP-5) departing San Diego, 29 August 1937, loaded with Marines bound for China James D. McGrew
    Chaumont 20k Chaumont (AP-5) departing San Diego, 29 August 1937, loaded with Marines bound for China James D. McGrew
    Chaumont 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
    Chaumont 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
    Chaumont 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
    Chaumont 22k Chaumont (AP-5) departing Manila Bay, 12 October 1937 bound for Shanghai, China. Chuck White
    Chaumont 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
    Chaumont 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
    Chaumont 20k Chaumont (AP-5) underway, date and place unknown. Russ Padden
    Chaumont 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
    Chaumont 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)
    Samaritan 40k Samaritan (AH-10) at anchor, 13 March 1945, place unknown.
    US Navy photo
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    Samaritan 48k Samaritan (AH-10), date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo
    Hyperwar US Navy in WWII Web Site
    Samaritan 81k Samaritan (AH-10) at anchor, 30 October 1944, place unknown
    US Navy photo
    Naval Hospital Corps School Web Site
    Samaritan 58k Samaritan (AH-10) underway, date and place unknown. Photo by Lowell Reistad, Rudyerd Bay (CVE 81) Paul Neacsu
    Samaritan 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.
    Samaritan 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
    Samaritan 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

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