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APA-88 Presidio

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Gilliam Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down 6 December 1944 as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1881) at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 17 February 1945
  • Acquired by the Navy, 8 April 1945
  • Commissioned USS Presidio (APA-88), 9 April 1945
  • Decommissioned, 20 June 1946, at Pearl Harbor, T.H.
  • Towed to San Francisco in early 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1947
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 2 September 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in June 1965
  • Presidio earned one battle star 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 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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    Presidio 60k Presidio (APA-88) in San Francisco Bay in late 1945 or early 1946.
    US Navy photo # NH 98743 donated by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003, to the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Presidio 62k Presidio (APA-88) in San Francisco Bay in late 1945 or early 1946.
    US Navy photo # NH 83405 courtesy of D. M. McPherson, 1975.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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