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AP-65 / APA-32 Calvert

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Quebec - Sierra

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 (6) - Vietnam Service Medal (2) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
Fifth Row - Philippine Liberation Medal - 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. D. W. Loomis in command

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

During WWII Calvert was assigned to both the European and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters and participated in the following campaigns:

European Campaigns Campaign and Dates	Asiatic-Pacific CampaignsCampaign and Dates
North African occupation San, French Morocco, 8 to 14 November 1942	Gilbert Islands operation Makin Island, 20 November 1943
Sicilian occupation Scoglitti, 12 June 1943	Marshall Islands operation Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 1 February 1944
.	Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 to 24 June 1944
.	Tinian capture and occupation 24 July 1944
.	Leyte operation Leyte landings, 20 October 1944 and 18 November 1944
.	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945

Decommissioned, 26 February 1947, at Norfolk, VA.

Laid up in the Reserve Fleet

Recommissioned, 18 October 1950

During the Korean War 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 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.

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 130,000 cu. ft., 2,700 t.
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
Propulsion 1 General Electric geared turbine drive, 2 boilers, Design shaft horsepower 7,800

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
106k	Calvert (APA-32) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy	Stan Svec
48k	Calvert (APA-32) underway, date and location unknown	Earlie Scott RMC USN (Ret)
84k	Calvert (APA-32) at anchor, Yokohama, Japan, 5 November 1945. US Navy	Greg Hook for his uncle Wilson J. Hill RM3/c
48k	Calvert (APA-32) underway, date and location unknown	Earlie Scott RMC USN (Ret)
40k	Calvert (APA-32) underway, date and location unknown, US Navy photo	.
268k	Calvert (APA-32) at anchor Chinhae, South Korea, 1964. US Navy photo	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.