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AP-169 Golden City

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Romeo - India NDRI

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

La Salle Class Transport:

Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, CA.

Launched, 28 October 1943

Commissioned USS Golden City (AP-169), 29 May 1944, CAPT. C. M. Furlow, Jr.USN, in command

During WWII Golden City was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 July 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 to 10 January 1945
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 20 to 22 October 1944	Manila Bay-Bicol operations Zambales landing, 29 January 1945

Following World War II Golden City performed occupation duty in the Far East including China service

Decommissioned, 10 August 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register in October 1946

Acquired from the Maritime Commission by Ocean Transportation Co. Inc., N.Y., in 1955 and renamed SS Ocean Eva

Subsequently acquired by Overseas Carrier Corp. in 1961 and renamed SS Overseas Eva

Renamed SS Sapphire Etta, in 1967, and finally renamed SS Cortland under this name she was detained in Saigon from 1968 through 1973 and was subsequently towed to Taiwan, where scrapping took place

Final Disposition, scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 1973

Golden City received four battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 6,556 t.(lt) 13,910 t.(fl)
Length 459' 2"
Beam 63'
Draft 25' 9"
Speed 16 kts.
Complement 276
Troop Accommodations 1,676
Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion Steam turbine, single shaft, 6,000hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Golden City (AP-169)
	60k	Golden City (AP-169) underway, 1944, location unknown. US Navy photo. Note she is painted in camouflage pattern measure 32/8T.	Courtesy, Chuck Ulrich, coordinator/historian AP Transport Group
	95k	Golden City (AP-169) underway in San Francisco Bay, CA., in late 1945 or early 1946 returning troops from the Western Pacific to the United States, probably as part of Operation "Magic Carpet." US Navy photo # NH 98725 donated by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003 to the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
	16k	Golden City (AP-169) at anchor, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Gunter Krebs
Commercial Service
	64k	ex-Golden City (AP-169) in commercial service as the Overseas Carrier Corp.'s SS Overseas Eva moored in the port of Bremen, Germany, April 1965.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus

View the Golden City (AP-169)
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

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