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USS Fremont (APA-44 / LPA-44)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Golf - Romeo
 NKGR
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Battle "E" (2)
Second row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Lebanon)- Philippines Liberation Medal
Personnel Awards

Purple Hearts (7 WIA, 24 October 1944)
Bayfield Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as SS Sea Corsair, a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 392) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula MS.
  • Assigned to the Navy as Naval Transport, Fremont (AP-89)
  • Redesignated Attack Transport (APA-44), 1 February 1943
  • Launched, 31 March 1943
  • Acquired by the Navy, and placed in partial commission, 30 May 1943 through 11 June 1943, for transit to her fitting out yard
  • Fully Commissioned USS Fremont (APA-44), 29 November 1943, CAPT. C. V. Conlan in command
  • During WWII USS Fremont was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 16 to 26 June 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 to 11 January 1945
    Western Caroline operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands
    August, 17 September 1944
    Ulithi Atoll, 23 September 1944
    		Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 20 October to 18 November 1944     		.

  • Redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA-44), 1 January 1969
  • Decommissioned prior to 11 October 1969
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 10 October 1969
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1973
  • Final Disposition, sold by MARAD, scrapped in 1974
  • USS Fremont received five battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,100 t.(lt), 16,100 t.(fl)
    Length 492' 6"
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 26' 6"
    Speed 18 kts.
    Complement 51 Officers, 524 Enlisted
    Flag Accommodations 43 Officers, 108 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations 80 Officers, 1,146 Enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 175,000 cu. ft., 4,700 t.
    Boats
    12 LCVP
    4 LCM (Mk-6)
    3 LCP(L) (MK-IV)
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts, one fore and one aft
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    eighteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    one General Electric geared turbine
    two Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers
    single propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    Fremont 67k USS Fremont (APA-44) underway, 13 February 1944, location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    Fremont 106k USS Fremont (APA-44) underway in Chesapeake Bay off Norfolk, VA., August 1964. © Richard Leonhardt
    Fremont 105k USS Fremont (APA-44) underway in Chesapeake Bay off Norfolk, VA., August 1964. © Richard Leonhardt
    Fremont 116k USS Fremont (APA-44) underway in Chesapeake Bay off Norfolk, VA., August 1964. © Richard Leonhardt
    Fremont 146k USS Fremont (APA-44) underway, date and location unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Fremont 58k USS Fremont (APA-44) underway, date and location unknown. Tony Yebba
    USS Fremont APA-44 web site
    Fremont 36k USS Fremont (APA-44) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Tony Yebba
    USS Fremont APA-44 web site
    Fremont/Aldebaran 99k USS Fremont (APA-44) being assisted into her berth alongside USS Aldebaran (AF-10) with the assistance of Okmulgee (YTB-765), forward, and Wapakoneta (YTB-766), aft, .
    Photo taken from USS Multiphen (AKA-61) at berth 301    		 © Richard Leonhardt
    Fremont 137k USS Fremont (APA-44) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine April 1967.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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