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APA-59 Audrain

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 (1)
Personnel Awards

Purple Hearts (3-WIA, 6 April 45, Okinawa)
Gilliam Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 1 December 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1852), at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 21 April 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy, 1 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS Audrain (APA-59), 2 September 1944
  • During World War II Audrain was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operations
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 January 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 9 April 1945

  • Decommissioned, 15 May 1946, at Pearl Harbor, T.H.
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 25 July 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1947
  • Final Disposition,sold for scrapping, 11 July 1972, to National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, CA.
  • Audrain earned one battle star 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 Accommodations 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 AA gun mounts
    10 single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion Westinghouse turbo-electric drive, 2 boilers, twin propellers, Design shaft horsepower 6,000
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    Audrain 51k Audrain (APA-59) at anchor, date and place unknown. Photo provided by Dennis Hahn to Mike Wood to honor his grandfather Norman Wood USS Audrain
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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