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APA-64 Bracken

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 - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Gilliam Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 13 March 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1857) at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 10 June 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 3 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS Bracken (APA-64), 4 October 1944, Lcdr. Charles S. Lee in command
  • Decommissioned at Bikini Atoll, 29 August 1946
  • Final Disposition, scuttled off Kwajalein, 10 March 1948
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 April 1948
    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
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    Crittenden 127k Operation Crossroads prospective target ships and support ships at Pearl Harbor in a photo released, 27 February 1946.
    Ships present from front to rear include Crittenden (APA-77), Catron (APA-71), Bracken (AP-64), Burleson (APA-67), Gilliam (APA-57), Fallon (APA-81), one unidentified ship, Fillmore (APA-83), Kochab (AKS-6), Luna (AKS-7) and an unidentified tanker and liberty ship. Identifiable on the right are LSM-203 and LSM-465. Further in the background are a floating drydock and a merchant ship hulk with unidentified fittings forward of the bridge.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-702126 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    View the Bracken (APA-64)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    View a copy of the Bracken's shipboard newspaper "Now Hear This"
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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