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APA-80 Elkhart

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
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Gilliam Class Attack Transport
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1873) at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 5 December 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 7 February 1945, LCDR. C. R. Frazier, USNR, in command
  • Commissioned USS Elkhart (APA-80), 8 February 1945
  • Decommissioned, 12 April 1946, at Seattle, WA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 28 June 1946, for disposal
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1964

    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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    Elkhart 17k Elkhart (APA-80) underway, date and location unknown.
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
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