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USS Lakehurst (APM-9)
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 USS Lakehurst (APM-1) (Dec 1942 - Oct 1943)
 USS Lakehurst (APV-3) (Dec 1942)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Kitty Hawk Class Aviation Transport:
  • Built in 1940 as SS Seatrain New Jersey, at Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA.
  • Completed and delivered, in July 1940 to Seatrain Lines, Inc.
  • Acquired by the War Shipping Administration from Seatrain Lines, Inc., 8 June 1942, at New Orleans, LA.
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 13 October 1942 and commissioned Transport and Aircraft Ferry USS Lakehurst (APV-3) the same day at New York City, CDR. H. J. McNulty in command
  • Designation changed to Mechanized Artillery Transport (APM-1), 3 December 1942
  • Renumbered (APM-9), 17 December 1942
  • During World War II USS Lakehurst was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    European-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    North African occupation
    Algeria-Morocco landings, 8 to 11 November 1942
  • Decommissioned, 2 August 1943, at Newport News, VA., struck from the Naval Register, and turned over to the WSA for transfer to the US Army Transportation Service the same day
  • Redelivered to Seatrain Lines Inc., 29 May 1946, at Chester, PA.
  • Final Disposition, sold, 30 May 1973, to Industrial Y Commercial De LaVante, S.A., for scrapping in Spain
  • USS Lakehurst received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,000 t.(lt), 16,480 t.(fl)
    Length 478'
    Beam 63' 6"
    Draft 22' 10" (lim)
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 17
    Enlisted 238
    Largest Boom Capacity 11 t.
    Cargo Capacity 592,000 Cu ft., 3,300dwt
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount
    four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 8,730 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one De Laval steam turbine
    three Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 420psi 680°
    double De Laval Main Reduction Gears
    Ship's Service Generators
    three turbo-drive 200Kw 230V A.C.
    one Diesel drive 90Kw 230V A.C.
    single propeller, 8,000shp
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    USS Lakehurst (APV-3)
    Lakehurst
    19-N-35530    		 85k USS Lakehurst (APV-2) underway, 10 October 1942, near the New York Navy Yard. The cargo booms and their uprights were added by the Army to handle tanks.
    US National Archives, RG-19-LCM photo # 19-N-35530, 19-N-35529, 19-N-35527, US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst.
    Lakehurst
    19-N-35529    		 84k
    Lakehurst
    19-N-35527    		 85k
    USS Lakehurst (APM-9)
    Lakehurst
    19-N-35530    		 101k Ex-USS Lakehurst (APM-9) at anchor, 6 August 1943, probably near New York City. Lakehurst was decommissioned 2 August 1943, and turned over to the US Army.
    US National Archives, RG-80-G photo # 80-G-204808, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst.
    Lakehurst 181k Ex-USS Lakehurst (APM-9) at anchor, 6 August 1943, probably near New York City.
    US Navy photo from DANFS.         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
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