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USAT / AP-32 / USAHS St Mihiel

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
  • Laid down under a United States Shipping Board (USSB) contract (672) at American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, PA.
  • Launched, October 1920
  • Commissioned by the Army Transportation Service (ATS) as USAT St Mihiel
  • Acquired by the Navy in 1941
  • Commissioned, USS St Mihiel (AP-32), 22 July 1941, Cdr. Edward B. Rodgers in command
  • During World War II, USS St. Mihiel (AP-32) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 16 November 1943, at Boston, MA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Returned to the US Army Transportation Service and converted to a Hospital Ship
  • Commissioned, USAHS St Mihiel
  • Decommissioned by the ATS (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • St. Mihiel received one battle star for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,550 t.
    Length 448'
    Beam 58' 2"
    Draft 28'
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement 253
    AP Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    USAHS Armament none
    Propulsion steam turbine
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    USAT St. Mihiel
    St Mihiel 46k USAT St Mihiel calling at Kodiak Island, pre WWII Joe Stevens
    St Mihiel 54k USAT St Mihiel in the Panama Canal approaching one of the lochs, pre WWII M/Sgt M.L. McCormick, USAF Ret
    St Mihiel 67k USAT St Mihiel about to enter one of the lochs at Panama, pre WWII M/Sgt M.L. McCormick, USAF Ret
    St Mihiel 60k USAT St Mihiel entering a loch at Panama, pre WWII M/Sgt M.L. McCormick, USAF Ret
    St Mihiel 75k USAT St Mihiel in a loch at Panama, pre WWII M/Sgt M.L. McCormick, USAF Ret
    St Mihiel 39k USAT St Mihiel moored pierside, pre WWII, date and place unknown. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    USAHS St. Mihiel
    St Mihiel 49k USAHS St Mihiel view of superstructure with all flags flying, date and place unknown. Jack Treutle
    St Mihiel 69k An unidentified US Army Medic aboard USAHS St Mihiel, date and place unknown. Jack Treutle
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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