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AK-45 / AP-41 Stratford

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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) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Stratford Class Transport:
  • Laid down in 1917 as SS War Mist at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI. for the British Controller of Shipping
  • Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) in 1917 and renamed SS Lake Greenwood
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Sold in 1920 to the A. H. Bull Steamship Co., New York, N.Y. renamed SS Catherine
  • Acquired by the Navy, 31 July 1941, renamed Stratford (AK-45)
  • Converted to a Naval Transport at Baltimore, MD.
  • Commissioned USS Stratford (AP-41), 25 August 1941, at Baltimore, MD.
  • Decommissioned, 17 April 1946, and returned to the War Shipping Administration the same day
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946
  • Commercial Service
    Returned to the A. H. Bull Steamship Co., New York and renamed SS Catherine
    Sold in 1948 to the Culliford Shipping Co., London, England, renamed SS Granton Glen
    Sold in 1951 to Soc. Franco Belge de Commerce and d'Armement, Marseilles, France, renamed SS Anne de Bretagne
    Sold in 1954 to Cia Marit Intercontinentale and Commerciale of Marseille, name retained
    Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1956 to the Italian Shipbreakers Vado Ligure, LaSpezia, Italy
  • Stratford received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,300 t.(lt) 3,640 t.(fl)
    Length 261'
    Beam 43' 6"
    Draft 15' 7"
    Speed 9.6 kts.
    Complement 132
    Troop Accommodations 306
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    three single 40mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion steam turbine, single screw
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    Commercial Service
    Stratford 84k SS Lake Greenwood pierside, circa 1917-1920, location unknown. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    USS Stratford (AP-41)
    Stratford 55k Stratford (AP-41) underway, 4 May 1942, location unknown. She is painted in camouflage Measure 12R.
    US Navy photo.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Stratford 12k Stratford (AP-41) underway, date and location unknown. Gunter Krebs
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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