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USS Heywood (APA-6)
ex
 USS Heywood (AP-12) (1940 - 1943)


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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
Heywood Class Transport
  • Laid down in 1919, as SS Steadfast at Bethlehem Steel Corp., Alameda, CA.
  • Acquired by Panama Pacific Lines and renamed SS City of Baltimore
  • Acquired by the Navy, 26 October 1940
  • Converted to a Transport and renamed Heywood
  • Commissioned USS Heywood (AP-12), 7 November 1940, at Portland, OR.. CAPT. Herbert B. Knowles in command
  • Reclassified Amphibious Attack Transport, (APA-6), 1 February 1943
  • During WWII USS Heywood was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater where she participated in the:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Guadalcanal-Tulagi landings
    7 August 1943     		Tinian capture and occupation
    24 July 1944
    Capture and defense of Guadalcanal
    August 1942 to February 1943     		Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, San Pedro Bay, 20 October 1944
    Gilbert Islands operation
    Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 31 January 1944
    Occupation of Eniwetok Atoll, 17 February 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 16 1944     		.

  • Decommissioned, 12 April 1946, at Boston, MA.
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission in July 1946 for disposal, name reverted to SS City of Baltimore
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1956
  • USS Heywood received seven battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,000 t.(lt) 14,450 t.(fl)
    Length 507'
    Beam 56'
    Draft 25' 6"
    Speed 16.8 kts.
    Complement Officers 46, Enlisted 504
    Troop Accommodations Officers 75 Enlisted 1203
    Cargo Capacity 150,000 cu. ft., 2,900 t.
    Armament
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    sixteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    four Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers
    one De Laval Steam Turbine
    geared turbine drive, single propeller, designated shaft horsepower 9,500
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    USS Heywood (AP-12)
    Heywood 126k
    Namesake

    Charles Heywood was born in Maine 3 October 1839. He was appointed a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps 5 April 1858. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Heywood was attached to Cumberland and commissioned major by brevet for his gallant services during the fight between Cumberland and Confederate iron-clad Virginia. At the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864, he commanded the Marine guard of Hartford, and for gallant service was commissioned lieutenant colonel by brevet. Heywood also took part in the capture of Forts Morgan, Gaines, and Powell, ram Tennessee. steamers Gaines and Selma, and the destruction of the steamer Morgan. In addition he served in Sabine and Tieonderoga during the Civil War. Heywood was appointed Colonel Commandant of the Marine Corps 30 January 1891; Brigadier General Commandant 3 March 1899; and Major General Commandant 1 July 1902. He was the first commandant to attain the rank of Major General. Ending 45 years of active service in the Corps. Major General Heywood retired 3 October 1903. He died 26 February 1915 at the age of 76.
    Photo: USMC History Division    		 Bill Gonyo
    Heywood 91k From left to right USS William P. Biddle (AP-15), USS Heywood (AP-12), and USS Harry Lee (AP-17) underway in convoy to Iceland, circa 7 September 1941.
    US Navy photo # NH 47005, from the collection of US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 64k USS Heywood (AP-12), off Norfolk Navy Yard, 1 November 1941.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-25919, from the US Navy's Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 55k USS Heywood (AP-12), off Norfolk Navy Yard, 1 November 1941.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-25920, from the US Navy's Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    USS Heywood (APA-6)
    Heywood 87k USS Heywood (APA-6), off San Pedro, CA., circa April 1943. The original photograph was received by the Bureau of Ships with a Commander 11th Naval District letter of 26 April 1943.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-43227, from the US Navy's Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 99k USS Heywood (APA-6), off San Pedro, CA., circa April 1943. The original photograph was received by the Bureau of Ships with a Commander 11th Naval District letter of 26 April 1943.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-43228, from the US Navy's Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 100k USS Heywood (APA-6), off San Pedro, CA., circa April 1943. The original photograph was received by the Bureau of Ships with a Commander 11th Naval District letter of 26 April 1943.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-43229, from the US Navy's Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 94k USS Heywood (APA-6) hoists out LCVPs, off Attu on the first day of the invasion, 11 May 1943. Note binnacle mounted in front of the ship's open bridge, in the lower left.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-54505, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 95k Troops boarding a LCM alongside USS Heywood (APA-6), in the fog off Attu, 11 May 1943.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-50773, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 91k Soldiers climb down cargo netting to board landing craft alongside USS Heywood (APA-6), off Attu, 11 May 1943.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-50770, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 47k USS Pruitt (DM-22) leads landing craft from USS Heywood (APA-6) toward their landing beaches in Massacre Bay, Attu, 11 May 1943. Pruitt used her radar and searchlight to guide the boats nine miles through the fog. The searchlight beam is faintly visible pointing aft from atop her pilothouse.
    US Navy photo # NH 78232, Courtesy of US Naval Institute Photo Collection, Collection of James C. Fahey.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 99k USS Heywood (APA-6) putting her troops ashore at Attu Island , Alaska. The foggy weather screened the landing allowing the troops to go ashore undetected.
    US Navy photo for "All Hands" magazine, April 1945 issue.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Heywood 89k Soldiers unloading LCPR and LCM type landing craft on the beach at Massacre Bay, Attu, 12 May 1943. Boats are from USS Heywood (APA-6). Note the Military Policeman overseeing operations from his position near the right side of the image.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-50848, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 143k Soldiers unload landing craft on the beach at Massacre Bay, Attu, on 13 May 1943. LCVPs in the foreground are from USS Zeilin (APA-3) and USS Heywood (APA-6).
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-50921, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 92k USS Heywood (APA-6), departing from pier 6. US Army Signal Corps, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation (HRPE), 5 June 1943. The Library of Virginia, US Army Signal Corps Photograph Collection
    Heywood 130k USS Heywood (APA-6), photographed by Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 13 May 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 9T.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-410707, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 103k USS Heywood (APA-6), off Mindoro, Philippine Islands, during the later stages of the campaign there, February 1945. She is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 9T.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-325420, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    William P Biddle 86k USS William P. Biddle (APA-8) off Mindoro, Philippine Islands, in February 1945, during the later stages of the campaign there. USS Heywood (APA-6) is in the right center background, beyond USS William P. Biddle's bow. Both ships wear camouflage Measure 32, Design 9T.
    US National Archives photo 80-G-325409, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.     		Scott at LBS Products
    Heywood 85k USS Heywood (APA-6), in San Francisco Bay, 23 May 1945.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-90745, from the US Navy's Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 74k USS Heywood (APA-6), in San Francisco Bay, 23 May 1945.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-90744, from the US Navy's Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 80k USS Heywood (APA-6), in San Francisco Bay, 23 May 1945.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-90746, from the US Navy's Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Heywood 78k USS Heywood (APA-6), in San Francisco Bay, 23 May 1945. Among the ships in the distance are USS Arneb (AKA-56), at left, and USS Clearfield (APA-142), at right.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-90748, from the US Navy's Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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