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APA-84 Garrard

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)
Gilliam Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 28 October 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 13 January 1945
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 2 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS Garrard (APA-84), 3 March 1945, at San Pedro, CA.
  • Decommissioned, 21 May 1946, at Bellingham, WA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register in May 1946
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 1 April 1948, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 3 June 1963, to Zidell Exploration Co. Inc., Portland OR
  • Garrard received two battle stars for World War II service
    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 Capacity 47 Officers, 802 Enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 85,000 cu. ft., 600 t.
    Armament 1 single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, 4 twin 40mm gun mounts, 10 single 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion Westinghouse turbo-electric drive, 2 boilers, 2 propellers, Design shaft horsepower 6,000
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    Garrard 105k Garrard (APA-84) at anchor in Sagami Bay, Japan, 30 August 1945. Photo by LT Strang MC USNR, Garrard Medical Officer Richard F. Appleton
    Garrard 76k Boat Group staff and cox'ns aboard Garrard (APA-84) near Okinawa, 10 August 1945. Photo provided by Cdr. David Rodney Rehmeyer, top left. R. Potter
    Garrard 96k Garrard (APA-84) Commanding Officer and staff of boat group following unopposed landing of U.S. Marines at Yokosuka Navel Base, Japan. Photo provided by Cdr. David Rodney Rehmeyer (second from left, back row). R. Potter
    Garrard 75k Garrard (APA-84) photographed from Alabama (BB-60), probably while replenishing units of the Third Fleet off Japan in July or August 1945. Note the fenders rigged to port and the mast and director of the destroyer steaming alongside to starboard.
    US Navy photo # NH 72638 Courtesy Donald. M. McPherson, 1970, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Garrard 111k Garrard (APA-84) at anchor with troops on deck circa 1945-1946.
    US Navy photo # NH 98900 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Garrard 73k Garrard (APA-84) in San Francisco Bay, CA., probably in early 1946 returning troops from the Western Pacific to the United States as part of Operation "Magic Carpet."
    US Navy photo # NH 98723 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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