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APA-85 Gasconade

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, 7 November 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull under a Maritime Commission contract at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington CA.
  • Launched, 23 January 1945
  • Acquired by the Navy and Commissioned, 10 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS Gasconade (APA-85), 11 March 1945
  • Decommissioned, 28 August 1946, in the Marshall Islands
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sunk by torpedoes off the California coast, 21 July 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 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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