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APA-62 Berrien

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

Gilliam Class Attack Transport

Laid down, 23 February 1944 as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1855) at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.

Launched, 20 May 1944

Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission 7 October 1944

Commissioned USS Berrien (APA-62), 8 October 1944, Lcdr. John M. Gallagher, USNR, in command

During World War II Berrien participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Iwo Jima operations Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 4 March 1945	Okinawa Gunto operations Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 16 April 2945

Decommissioned, 17 May 1946, at Pearl Harbor, T.I.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1947

Towed to San Francisco and returned to the Maritime Commission, 12 August 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1965-66 to Zidell Explorations, Portland, OR.

Berrien earned two battle stars for 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., 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

2 propellers, design shaft horsepower 6,000