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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

AP-38 / APA-19 President Adams

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - India - Xray
NCIX

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (9)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

President Jackson Class Transport

Laid down, 6 June 1940, as a Maritime Commission type (C3 P & C) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 57) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Corp., Newport News, VA.

Launched, 31 June 1941

Acquired by the Navy, 5 June 1941

Converted to Naval service as a Transport at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.

Commissioned USS President Adams (AP-38), 19 November 1941, CDR. C. W. Brewington USN in command

During WWII President Adams was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Guadalcanal-Tulagi landings, 7 to 9 August 1942	Bismarck Archipelago operation Emirau Island landing, 25 March 1944 Cape Gloucester, New Britain, March 1944
Capture and defense of Guadalcanal, August 1942 to February 1943	Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 to 26 July 1944
Consolidation of the Solomon Island Consolidation of southern Solomons, February to June 1943	Luzon operations Lingayen Gulf landings, 11 to 12 January 1945
New Georgia Group operation New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 30 June 1943	Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 29 February 1945
Treasury-Bougainville operation Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, 1 November 1943	.

Redesignated Attack Transport (APA-19), 1 February 1943

Decommissioned, 14 June 1950, at San Francisco, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register and transferred to the Maritime Commission, 1 October 1958, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Title transferred to the Maritime Administration, 15 December3 1958

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 22 January 1973, to National Metal & Steel Corp., scrapped in Taiwan in 1974

President Adams earned nine battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 16,175 t (fl)
Length 491'
Beam 69' 6"
Draft 26' 6"
Speed 17 kts.
Complement

36 Officers

477 Enlisted
Troop Accommodations

76 Officers

1,258 Enlisted
Boats

thirty-two LCVPs

three LCM(3)
Cargo Capacity 3,600 t.
Armament

four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

two single 40mm AA gun mounts

twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion geared turbine drive, 2 Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, single screw, designed shaft horsepower 8,500.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
78k	President Adams (AP-38) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	.
133k	President Adams (AP-38), during amphibious exercises off the California coast, 7 April 1942. US National Archive # 80-G-31836 , a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval Historical Center
98k	President Adams (AP-38) photographed from Wasp (CV-7), at Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 August 1942. She is crowded with US Marines, bound for the invasion of Guadalcanal. Quincy (CA-39) is in the background. US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-554, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval Historical Center
90k	President Adams (AP-38), probably at Noumea, New Caledonia, as seen from Wasp (CV-7) on the eve of the Guadalcanal-Tulagi invasion. Photo is dated 4 August 1942. Note red lead primer showing through the boot topping along her waterline and large crowd of men on her decks. US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-556, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval Historical Center
42k	President Adams (APA-19) underway, date and location unknown. Her camouflage is Measure 32/6T. US Navy photo	Hyperwar US Navy in WW II
115k	President Adams (APA-19) at anchor, date and location unknown. Her camouflage is Measure 32/6T. Photo by J.C. Stone Ship pictures, 23427 S. Anchor, Wilmington, CA.	David Buell
134k	President Adams (APA-19) arriving on the West Coast with returning veterans during "Magic Carpet" operations, date and location unknown.	David Buell
101k	President Adams (APA-19) arriving on the West Coast with returning veterans during "Magic Carpet" operations, date and location unknown.	David Buell
99k	President Adams (APA-19) arriving on the West Coast with returning veterans during "Magic Carpet" operations, date and location unknown.	David Buell
105k	President Adams (APA-19) arriving on the West Coast with returning veterans during "Magic Carpet" operations, date and location unknown.	David Buell
99k	President Adams (APA-19) arriving on the West Coast with returning veterans during "Magic Carpet" operations, date and location unknown.	David Buell