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APA-79 Dawson

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
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Gilliam Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1872) at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 27 November 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission 3 February 1945
  • Commissioned USS Dawson (APA-79), 4 February 1945, LCDR. Richard S. Cass, DE-V(G) USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 20 September 1946, and scuttled at Kwajalein Atoll
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sunk by gunfire from Helena (CA-75) off Kwajalein Atoll, 19 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
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion Westinghouse turbo-electric drive, 2 boilers, 2 propellers, Design shaft horsepower 6,000     .
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    Dawson 60k Dawson (APA-79) underway in San Francisco Bay in late 1945 or early 1946.
    US Navy photo # NH 98716 donated to the US Naval Historical Center by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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