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APA-86 Geneva

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 at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.

Launched, 31 January 1945

Acquired by the Navy, 21 March 1945

Commissioned USS Geneva (APA-86), 22 March 1945

Decommissioned, 23 January 1947, at Norfolk, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1947

Returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA. in April 1948

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by the Maritime Administration in October 1966 and towed to Wilmington, DL., 2 November 1966, for scrapping

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	69k	Geneva (APA-86) underway in San Francisco Bay, CA., probably in December 1945. She is returning troops from the Western Pacific to the United States, probably as part of Operation "Magic Carpet." US Navy photo # NH 98724 donated to the US Naval Historical Center by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003.		US Naval Historical Center
	59k	Geneva (APA-86) underway circa 1945. US Navy photo # NH 74299 courtesy Donald M. McPherson, 1971., US Naval Historical Center		US Naval Historical Center

View the Geneva (APA-86)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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