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USS DuPage (APA-41)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Foxtrot - Tango
NKFT

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Peleliu-15SEP44, Lingayen Gulf-10JAN45) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
Personnel Awards

Purple Heart (36 KIA, 136 WIA)

Bayfield Class Attack Transport:

Laid down, date unknown, as SS Sea Hound, a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-2A) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 389) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS.

Designated Naval Transport (AP-86)

Launched, 6 November 1942

Redesignated Attack Transport (APA-41), 1 February 1943

Placed in partial commission, 28 February 1943 through 17 March 1943 for transit to her fitting out yard, Todd Erie Basin Dry Dock, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Recommissioned, USS DuPage (APA-41), 1 September 1943, CAPT. G. M. Wauchope, USNR, in command

During World War II USS DuPage (APA-41) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; TransRon Thirteen, COMO. M. O. Carlson USN (16); TransDiv Thirty-Eight (flagship) CAPT. P. P. Welsh USN (18) and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Marshall Islands operation Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls 31 January to 8 February 1944	Manila Bay-Bicol operations Zambales-Subic Bay, 29 to 30 January 1945
Bismarck Archipelago operation Admiralty Islands landings, 11 to 12 April 1944 Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 28 April to 1 May 1944	Leyte operation Leyte landings, 13 to 25 October and 14 November 1944
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 to 27 July 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 to 10 January 1945
Western Caroline Islands operation Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands-Peleliu, 6 September to 14 October 1944

Following World War II USS DuPage was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 26 to 30 October 1945

Decommissioned, 28 March 1946, at New York

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 27 June 1946, for disposal

Commercial History

Acquired by Pope and Talbot Steamship Company in 1946 and rename the SS P&T Pathfinder

Acquired by Moore-McCormack in 1957 and renamed SS Mormacsun

Acquired by Central Gulf Lines in 1964 and renamed SS Green Port

Acquired by States-Marine Line in 1967 and renamed SS Pine Tree State

Final Disposition, scrapped at Kaosiung, Taiwan in May 1973

USS DuPage earned seven battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 8,100 t.(lt), 16,100 t.(lim)
Length 492'
Beam 69' 6"
Draft 26' 6" (lim)
Speed 18.4 kts.
Complement

56 Officers

480 Enlisted
Flag Accommodation

43 Officers

108 Enlisted
Troop Accommodations

94 Officers

1,337 Enlisted
Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.
Cargo Capacity 4,700DWT

non-refrigerated 175,000 cu. ft.,
Boats

12 LCVP

4 LCM (Mk-6)

3 LCP(L) (MK-IV)
Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

eighteen single 20 mm AA gun mounts
Fuel Oil Capacity

Navy Standard Fuel Oil 8,510 bbls.

Diesel 750 bbls.
Propulsion

one General Electric geared turbine

two Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers 465psi 765°

double General Electric Main Reduction Gears

three turbo-drive Ship Service Generators, 250kW 240V D.C.

one propeller, 8,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS DuPage (APA-41)
	513k	*USS DuPage* (APA 41)** underway, 13 October 1943, location unknown. US National Archives photo # 80-G-87138 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
	151k	Transports steam in column off Pavuvu, Russell Islands, August 1944, probably during exercises preceding the Palaus operation. Photographed from *USS Fayette* (APA 43), looking forward, showing her kingposts and LCVPs stowed on deck. USS Pinkney (APH 2) is leading the column, followed by USS Elmore (APA 42) and USS DuPage (APA 41)*. Photo by Sgt McBride, USMC, 1st Division. USMC photo # 94719*	US Naval Historical Center
	199K	View of a pair of triple Welin davits being installed in *USS DuPage* (APA 41)** at Mare Island Navy Yard, 7 May 1945. Mare Island Navy Yard photo from " US Amphibious Ships and Craft", by Norman Friedman.	Robert Hurst
	49K	*USS DuPage* (APA 41)** at anchor in San Francisco Bay, 11 May 1945. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2630-45-54.
Commercial Service
	80K	Ex- *USS DuPage* (APA 41)** underway while in commercial service as the States-Marine Line's SS Pine State, circa 1967-73, location unknown.	Tommy Trampp

USS DuPage (APA-41)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Commanding Officers
00	CDR. Allen, Charles (Ferry Command)	28 February 1943 - 17 March 1943
01	CAPT. Wauchope, George Marker	1 September 1943 - 1945
02	CAPT. Daugherty, W. USNR	1945 - ?


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