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AP-91 / APA-46 Knox

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

Bayfield Class Attack Transport:

Authorized as Naval Transport (AP-91)

Reclassified Attack Transport (APA-46), 1 February 1943

Laid down as a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS.

Launched, 17 July 1943

Acquired by the Navy and placed in ferry commission, 30 September 1943, for transit to her fitting out yard, Bethlehem Steel Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Commissioned in full USS Knox (APA-46), 4 March 1944

Decommissioned, 14 March 1946, at Mobile, AL.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 14 May 1946

Sold for commercial service in 1947 to Isthmian Lines, Inc., and renamed Steel Recorder

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Knox 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 Accommodation 43 Officers, 108 Enlisted
Troop Accommodation 80 Officers, 1,146 Enlisted
Cargo Capacity 175,000 cu. ft., 4,700 t.
Boats 17 LCVP, 2 LCM (Mk-6)
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 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers, 1 propeller, Design shaft horsepower 8,500

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	23k	Knox (AP-46), date and place unknown.		Elmer Doyle Myers

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DANFS history entry located at Navsource.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
U.S.S. Knox (APA-46)

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