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AP-172 Cape Johnson

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
Cape Johnson Class Transport::
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (C1-B) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 20 February 1943
  • Converted for Naval use at Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.
  • Acquired by the Navy and commissioned USS Cape Johnson (AP-172), 1 June l944
  • Decommissioned, 25 July 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in May 1963
  • Cape Johnson received two battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,668 t.
    Length 417' 9"
    Beam 60'
    Draft 22' 3"
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement 371
    Troop Accommodation 1,288
    Cargo Capacity 72,168 (cu.ft.)
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    Propulsion steam turbine, single propeller, 4,000shp
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    Cape Johnson 76k Cape Johnson (AP-172) underway in San Francisco Bay, 18 May 1945, after repairs at the U.S. Naval Drydocks, Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA. Alterations made during the repair period are circled.
    US Navy photo # NH 98652 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Cape Johnson 72k Cape Johnson (AP-172) underway in San Francisco Bay, 18 May 1945, after repairs at the U.S. Naval Drydocks, Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA. Alterations made during the repair period are circled.
    US Navy photo # NH 98653 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Cape Johnson 78k Cape Johnson (AP-172) underway in San Francisco Bay, in late 1945 or early 1946. She is returning troops from the Western Pacific to the United States as part of Operation "Magic Carpet."
    US Navy photo # NH 98708. Photo donated to the US Naval Historical Center by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Cape Johnson 57k Cape Johnson (AP-172) underway in San Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46.
    US Navy photo # NH 83401. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1975.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Cape Johnson 37k Cape Johnson (AP-172) underway during, Operation Magic Carpet, circa 1946 LST Home Port web site
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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