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APA-58 Appling

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Gilliam Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1851) at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 9 April 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission and commissioned USS Appling (APA-58), 22 August 1944
  • Decommissioned, 20 December 1946, at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 4 April 1947
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 31 March 1948, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Consigned to Arrow Steamship Co., 9 September 1954
  • Returned to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA., 12 December 1954
  • Final disposition, sold for scrapping
  • Appling earned two battle stars for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,247 t.(lt), 7,080 t.(fl)
    Length 426'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 16'
    Speed 16.9 kts.
    Complement 27 Officers 295 Enlisted
    Troop Capacity 47 Officers, 802 Enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 85,000 cu. ft., 2,600 t.
    Armament 1 single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, 4 twin 40mm gun mounts, 10 single 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion Westinghouse turbo-electric drive, 2 boilers, 2 propellers, Design shaft horsepower 6,000
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    Appling 69k Appling (APA-58) pierside at Saipan, 1945. Tom Kermen for his father
    Clarence E Kermen
    Chief Pharmacist Mate, USS Appling
    Appling 431k Appling (APA-58) underway, date and place unknown. Tom Kermen for his father
    Clarence E. Kermen
    Chief Pharmacist Mate, USS Appling
    Appling 102k Appling (APA-58)church services on the main deck Tom Kermen for his father
    Clarence E. Kermen
    Chief Pharmacist Mate, USS Appling
    Appling 37k Appling (APA-58), Clarence Kermen, Chief Pharmacists Mate, on the right and Ross Eberle Burke in the center along with another member of the crew taking a smoke break on the fantail, at sea 1945. Tom Kermen for his father
    Clarence E. Kermen
    Chief Pharmacist Mate, USS Appling
    Appling 93k Appling (APA-58) loading elements of 2nd Marine Division scheduled for occupation duty in Japan, Saipan, 1945
    USMC Photo    		 Tom Kermen for his father
    Clarence E. Kermen
    Chief Pharmacist Mate, USS Appling
    Appling 100k Appling (APA-58) loading elements of 2nd Marine Division scheduled for occupation duty in Japan, Saipan, 1945 Possibly, Saipan, 1945, Photo marked "C. Rogers - 2nd MAR. DIV. PHOTO" Tom Kermen for his father
    Clarence E. Kermen
    Chief Pharmacist Mate, USS Appling
    Appling 113k V-Mail from Appling (APA-58), November 1944 Tom Kermen for his father
    Clarence E. Kermen
    Chief Pharmacist Mate, USS Appling
    Appling 65k Appling (APA-58) crew photo, circa 1945-46 Pat Koetz for his father, Paul R. "Dick" Koetz, USS Appling 1945-46
    Appling 34k Appling (APA-58) docking at Portland, OR. with returning GI's., circa 1946. Photo was taken by a photographer for the "Portland Journal." Pat Koetz for his father, Paul R. "Dick" Koetz, USS Appling 1945-46
    Appling 122k Appling (APA-58) docking at Portland, OR. with returning GI's., circa 1946. Pat Koetz for his father, Paul R. "Dick" Koetz, USS Appling 1945-46
    Appling 103k Appling (APA-58) docking at Portland, OR. with returning GI's., circa 1946. Pat Koetz for his father, Paul R. "Dick" Koetz, USS Appling 1945-46
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