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USS Starlight (AP-175)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Victor - Foxtrot NEVF

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)

Storm King Class Transport:

Laid down, 9 October 1943, as SS Starlight, a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 1358), at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, N.C.

Launched, 23 December 1943

Acquired by the Navy from the War Shipping Administration (WAS) on a bareboat charter

Converted into an auxiliary transport by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Staten Island, N.Y.

Commissioned USS Starlight (AP-175), 15 February 1944, CDR.. W. O. Britton, USNR, in command

During WWII Starlight 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 to 29 July 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, Binmaley Beach, 9 to 12 January 1945
Leyte operation Leyte landings, Dulag, 20 October and 18 November 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 11 to 18 April 1945

Decommissioned, 12 August 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 14 August 1946, for disposal

Struck from the Naval Register, 28 August 1946

Commercial Service

Sold, 2 April 1948, to Luckenbach SS Corp., renamed SS Florence Luckenbach

Sold in October 1959 States Marine Lines, N.Y., renamed SS Badger State

Final Disposition, lost due to explosion of ammunition cargo, 26 December 1969, while under contract to MSC

USS Starlight received four battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 4,600 t.(lt) 12,200 t.(fl)
Length 459' 2"
Beam 63'
Draft 23' (lim)
Speed 15.5 kts.
Complement

Officers -35

Enlisted - 325
Troop Accommodations

Officers - 64

Enlisted - 1,539
Cargo Capacity116,186 Cu. ft. (non-refrigerated)
Largest Boom Capacity 50 t.
Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts

twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts
Fuel Capacity - NSFO 9,300 Bbls
Propulsion

one General Electric geared turbine

two Combustion Engineering boilers, 450psi 750°

double General Electric Main Reduction Gear

three 500Kw 120V/240V D.C. turbo-drive Ships Service Generators

single propeller, 6,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Starlight (AP-175)
	78k	Starlight (AP-175) underway, date and location unknown. Her camouflage is pattern measure 32 design 8T.	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
Commercial Service
	415k	Ex-Starlight (AP-175) underway as States Marine Lines, SS Badger State, date and location unknown.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus, ©William Schell.

View the Starlight (AP-175)
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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