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USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Papa - Oscar
 NYPO
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, North Africa) - American Campaign Medal - Europe, Africa Middle East Campaign Medal (5)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasps)
Elizabeth C. Stanton Class Transport:
  • Laid down as SS Sea Star, a Maritime Commission type (C3) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 52) at Moore Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Oakland, CA.
  • Launched, 22 December 1939
  • Acquired by the Navy, 13 September 1942
  • Commissioned, USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69), 17 September 1942, CDR. D. A. Frost, USN (Ret), in command
  • During World War II USS Elizabeth C. Stanton was assigned first to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    North African occupation
    Algeria-Morocco landings, 8 to 11 November 1942     		Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944
    Sicilian occupation, 9 to 14 July 1943 Invasion of Southern France, 18 August 1943
    Salerno landings, 9 September 1943 .

  • Decommissioned and turned over the Maritime Commission, 3 April 1946 at New York, N.Y.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold by the Maritime Commission for commercial service in 1946
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1967
  • USS Elizabeth C. Stanton received five battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,980 t.(lt) 14,909 t.(fl)
    Length 492'
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 24'
    Speed 18 kts.
    Complement 396
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    Propulsion steam turbine, single shaft, 8,500hp
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    Contributed By
    Elizabeth C Stanton 118k
    Namesake

    Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born 12 November 1815 in Johnstown, N.Y., was one of the foremost leaders in the American suffragist movement and a well-known abolitionist. She authored a resolution which, when accepted by a meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., in 1848, became the first organized demand in the United States by women for the ballot. She served as president of the National Woman Suffrage Association from 1865 to 1893. Mrs. Stanton died in New York, N.Y., 2 October 1902.
    Digital ID: npcc 20559 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs     		Bill Gonyo
    Elizabeth C Stanton 72k Casuals (Infantry, Quartermaster, Signal, Coast Artillery, tank destroyers) on Pier 2, before boarding USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69) for service overseas at BLOT.
    Official US Army photo produced by US Army Signal Corps, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, 9 May 1943. Photo now in the collections of the Library of Virginia. Image No. C1:2/05/007.    		 The Library of Virginia, US Army Signal Corps Photograph Collection
    Elizabeth C Stanton 107k USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US National Archives photo.    		 Edwin Nadeau S1/c USS Elizabeth C. Stanton
    Elizabeth C Stanton 77k USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69) moored pierside while loading Army troops, date and place unknown.
    US National Archives photo.    		 Edwin Nadeau S1/c USS Elizabeth C. Stanton
    Elizabeth C Stanton 160k USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Edwin Nadeau S1/c USS Elizabeth C. Stanton
    Elizabeth C Stanton 65k USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69) bow view at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Edwin Nadeau S1/c USS Elizabeth C. Stanton
    Elizabeth C Stanton 82k USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69) at Long Beach, CA. taking on 1800 German POWS with their Army guards, for Liverpool and Le Havre, 20 January 1946.
    US Navy photo    		 Edwin Nadeau S1/c USS Elizabeth C. Stanton
    Elizabeth C Stanton 90k Banner displaying USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69)'s World War II voyage record and history. Edwin Nader S1/c USS Elizabeth C. Stanton
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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