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APA-65 Briscoe

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Gilliam Class Attack Transport
  • Laid down, 29 March 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1858) at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched 19 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS Briscoe (APA-65), 29 October 1944, Capt. August J. Detzer in command
  • Briscoe was assigned to Operation Crossroads as a target vessel during July and August 1946;
  • Decommissioned at Bikini Atoll, 29 August 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 July 1948
  • Final Disposition, sunk by Duluth (CL-87) off Kwajalein, 6 May 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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