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USS Clarendon (APA-72)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Whiskey - Sierra
 NJWS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Okinawa 29 April 1945) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Gilliam Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, circa April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE-BD1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1865) at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched 12 September 1944
  • Acquired, 12 December 1944, by the Navy from the Maritime Commission
  • Commissioned USS Clarendon (APA-72), 14 December 1944, LCDR. Edward A. Stroik, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS Clarendon was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    TransRon Twelve, COMO. H.B. Knowles USN (17);
     TransDiv Thirty-Five, CAPT. R.C. Bartman and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 to 30 April 1945

  • Following World War II USS Clarendon was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    13 to 25 September 194511 to 14 October 1945
    1 to 4 December 194523 October to 16 November 1945

  • Decommissioned, 9 April 1946, at Seattle WA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission 28 June 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946
  • Removed to Army Custody, 15 October 1946
  • Repair project, General Agency Agreement, Olympia Steamship Co., 13 September 1954 to 27 October 1954
  • Returned to MARAD for layup in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Norfolk, VA., 6 February 1947
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 21 November 1963, to Boston Metals Co. (PD-X-649) for $81,777.77, withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet, 11 December 1963, to Zidell, Portland, OR, scrapping completed 16 October 1964
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,247 t.(lt), 7,080 t.(fl)
    Length 426'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 16.9'
    Speed 16.9 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 27
    Enlisted 293
    Troop Capacity
    Officers 47
    Enlisted 802
    Cargo Capacity 2,600 DWT
    non-refrigerated 85,000 cu. ft.
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA radar-directed gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacities
    NSFO 9,695 Bbls
    Diesel 375 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two Westinghouse turbo-electric drive
    two Babcock & Wilcox 450psi 750° boilers
    Ship's Service Generators
     one turbo-drive 250Kw 450V A.C.
     one turbo-drive 150Kw 450V A.C.
     one turbo-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    two propellers 6,000shp
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    USS Clarendon (APA-72)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Stroik, Edward Albert, USNR14 December 1944 - 16 December 1944
    02CDR. Perie, Sherman P., USNR16 December 1944 - 10 January 1946
    03CAPT. Zemmer, Harold Maurice, USN (USNA 1927) 10 January 1946 - 9 April 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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