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USS Doyen (APA-1)


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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbons (retroactive, 11 August - 24 September 1943) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Doyen Class Transport:
  • Laid down as a Maritime Commission type (P1-S2-L2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 181) at Consolidated Steel Co. Los Angeles CA as Transport (AP-2)
  • Launched, 9 July 1942
  • Redesignated Attack Transport (APA-1), 1 February 1943
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 20 April 1943
  • Commissioned USS Doyen (APA-1), 22 May 1943, CDR. P. F. Dugan in command
  • During World War II USS Doyen (APA-1) participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Gilbert Islands operation
    Assault and occupation of Tarawa
    20 to 24 November 1943
    		 Leyte operation
    Leyte landings
    18 November 1944
    Marshall Islands operation
    Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls
    31 January 1944
    		 Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings
    9 to 10 January 1945
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan
    15 to 22 June 1944
    Capture and occupation of Guam
    22 to 28 July 1944
    		 Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima
    19 February 1945

  • Decommissioned, 22 March 1946
  • Transferred to Maritime Commission, 22 June 1946, for disposal
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Transferred to Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 1959, renamed T.S. Bay State
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) in January 1974 for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 23 January 1973, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp.
  • USS Doyen received six battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,351 t.
    Length 414' 6"
    Beam 56'
    Draft 19'
    Speed19 kts.
    Complement 453
    Armamentfour single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    Propulsion two turbine engines, twin-screws, horse power 8,000
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    USS Doyen (APA-1)
    Doyen 127k
    Namesake

    Charles A. Doyen, born in New Hampshire 3 September 1859, was a member of the Naval Academy class of 1881, later commissioned second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He organized and commanded the 5th Regiment in World War I, and in France took command of the 4th Brigade, composed of the 5th and 6th Regiments and the 6th Gun Battalion. His devoted service training this brigade broke his health, and he was forced to return to the United States, where he died 6 October 1918. But his brigade went on to win historic victories at Chateau Thierry and in Belleau Wood. Doyen's contribution to these victories was recognized by the posthumous award of the Distinguished Service Medal.
    Digital ID: ggbain 24696 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division    		 Bill Gonyo
    Doyen 40k USS Doyen (APA-1) underway, 7 June 1943, location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Stan Svec
    Doyen 71k USS Doyen (APA-1) underway, 7 June 1943, location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Stan Svec
    Doyen 109k USS Doyen (APA-1) underway, 7 June 1943, location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Stan Svec
    Doyen 41k USS Doyen (APA-1) underway, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    Doyen 33k USS Doyen (APA-1) at anchor, date and location unknown. Her camouflage is Measure 32 Design 3D. US Navy photo
    T.S. Bay State
    Doyen 24k ex-USS Doyen (APA-1) in service as the Massachusetts Maritime Academy training ship TS Bay State moored pierside at her dock at the Academy. Mass. Maritime Academy
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