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USS Calvert (APA-32)
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USS Calvert (AP-65) (1942 - 1943)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Quebec - Sierra
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right, top to bottom
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Taiwan Straits, 2-Quemoy-Matsu, 1-Vietnam, 1 Laos) - Vietnam Service Medal (2) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
Fifth Row - Philippine Liberation Medal (2) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Crescent City Class Transport:

Laid down as SS Del Orleans, a Maritime Commission type (C3-Delta) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 151) for Mississippi Shipping Co., at Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.

Launched, 19 September 1942

Acquired by the Navy, 30 September 1942

Commissioned, 1 October 1942, as USS Calvert (AP-65), CAPT. Donald W. Loomis USN in command

Reclassified Attack Transport (APA-32), 1 February 1943

During WWII USS Calvert was initially assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East and subsequently to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
TransRon Seventeen (flagship), COMO. T.B. Brittan USN (20);
TransDiv Fifty, CAPT. R.W. Abbot USN (20) and participated in the following campaigns:

European Campaigns Campaign and Dates	Asiatic-Pacific CampaignsCampaign and Dates
North African occupation San, French Morocco, 8 to 11 November 1942	Gilbert Islands operation Makin Island, 20 November to 2 December 1943
Sicilian occupation, Scoglitti, 9 to 15 July 1943	Marshall Islands operation Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 31 January to 8 February 1944 Occupation of Eniwetok Atoll, 17 February to 2 March 1944
	Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 to 28 July 1944
	Tinian capture and occupation, 24 to 28 July 1944
	Leyte operation Leyte landings, 20 October 1944 and 18 November 1944
	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945

Following World War II USS Calvert was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
16 September to 7 November 1945	20 March to 10 April 1946
2 to 4 January 1946	6 to 13 August 1951
17 to 19 March 1946

Decommissioned, 26 February 1947, at Norfolk, VA.

Laid up in the Reserve Fleet

Recommissioned, 18 October 1950

During the Korean War USS Calvert participated in the following campaigns:

**Korean War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 30 November 1952	Third Korean Winter 1 to 4 and 12 to 19 December 1952 31 January 1953 13 to 15 and 21 February 1953 14 to 19 March 1953

During the Vietnam War USS Calvert participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam Defense 23 to 26 November 1965 24 December 1965	Vietnamese Counteroffensive 25 December 1965 to 19 January 1966

Decommissioned at Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard San Francisco, 18 May 1966

Moved to Naval Supply Center, Oakland, Traffic Management School for use as a training hulk until 1976

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1966

Sold for scrapping, 14 February 1977, to Levin Metals Corp, San Jose, CA.

Broken up for scrapped at Levins Metals Corp ship breaking facility, Richmond, CA.

USS Calvert earned eight battle stars for World War II service, two battle stars for Korean War service and two campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Specifications:
Displacement 8,889 t,(lt), 14,247 t (fl)
Length 491'
Beam 65' 6"
Draft 25' 8"
Speed 16 kts.

Complement

48 officers

510 Enlisted

Troop Accommodations

92 Officers

1,191 Enlisted

Cargo Capacity 2,700 t. DWT

non-refrigerated 130, 000 cu. ft.

Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

three single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

four twin 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Oil Capacities

NFSO 12,925 Bbls

Diesel 450 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric geared turbine

double General Electric Main Reduction Gears

three Ships Service Generators, 350Kw, 240V. D.C.

two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 450psi 750°

single propeller, 7,800shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
82k	Calvert (APA-32) underway on trials near Baltimore, MD. off Sparrows Point, 30 September 1942 prior to being commissioned. Note the plain appearance of the ship as initially converted, with no raised gun positions forward, the two 3"/50 guns there being on deck, and a single level position aft for the two 3"/50 guns there. The gun on the stern is a 5"/38 dual purpose weapon. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-35762 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Mike Green
106k	*USS Calvert* (APA-32)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy	Stan Svec
48k	*USS Calvert* (APA-32)** underway, date and location unknown	Earlie Scott RMC USN (Ret)
84k	*USS Calvert* (APA-32)** at anchor, Yokohama, Japan, 5 November 1945. US Navy	Greg Hook for his uncle Wilson J. Hill RM3/c
84k	*USS Calvert* (APA-32)** underway, date and location unknown. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships" 1958-59 Edition, courtesy Ted Stone.	Robert Hurst
40k	*USS Calvert* (APA-32)** underway, date and location unknown, US Navy photo
268k	*USS Calvert* (APA-32)** at anchor Chinhae, South Korea, 1964. US Navy photo	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.