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USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)
USAT Frederick Funston
USNS Frederick Funston (T-AP-178)


USS Frederick Funston served both as a US Navy and a US Army transport
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (1)
Fourth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Frederick Funston Attack Transport:
  • Laid down as a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A1) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract for the US Army at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, WA.
  • Launched, 27 September 1941
  • Commissioned USAT Frederick Funston
  • Acquired by the Navy, 8 April 1943
  • Commissioned USS Frederick Funston (APA-89), 24 April 1943, CDR. J. E. Murphy in command
  • During World War II USS Frederick Funston was first assigned to the European Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater participating in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Sicilian occupation
    10 to 13 July 1943     		Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 to 22 June 1944
    Salerno landings
    8 to 10 September 1943     		Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 21 to 22 October and 14 November 1944
    . Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945
    . Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 16 to 27 February 1945

  • Decommissioned and Struck from the Naval Register, 4 April 1946
  • Returned to the US Army Transportation Service and recommission by the Army as USAT Frederick Funston
  • Reacquired by the Navy, 28 April 1950
  • Placed in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Frederick Funston (T-AP-178)
  • During the Korean War USNS Frederick Funston participated in the following campaign

    Korean War Campaign
    North Korean Aggression 3 to 5 August 1950

  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1969
  • Frederick Funston received six battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,000 t.
    Length 492'
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 26' 6"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 576
    Troop Capacity 2,200
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    eight 1.1" AA guns, replaced by sixteen 20mm AA guns
    Propulsion Geared Turbine Drive, 2 Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, single propeller, Design shaft horsepower 8,000
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    USS Frederick Funston (APA-83)
    Frederick Funston 157k Frederick Funston (APA-89) underway, date and location unknown.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-7128 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    Frederick Funston 64k Frederick Funston (APA-89) underway, date and location unknown.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-91505 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 John Chiquoine
    USAT Frederick Funston
    Frederick Funston 63k USAT Frederick Funston, date and place unknown Jarrett Robinson
    Frederick Funston 53k USAT Frederick Funston, date and place unknown Jarrett Robinson
    Frederick Funston 79k USAT Frederick Funston, date and place unknown Jarrett Robinson
    Frederick Funston 68k USAT Frederick Funston, date and place unknown Jarrett Robinson
    USNS Frederick Funston (T-AP-178)
    Frederick Funston 67k Frederick Funston (T-AP-178) at Adak, Alaska in early 1950. Note she is still wearing her Army colors.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, June 1950    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Frederick Funston 38k Frederick Funston (T-AP-178), post 1950, place unknown. MSTS Society web page
    Frederick Funston 57k Frederick Funston (T-AP-178), circa 1947 to 1949, photo of ships name board, while ship is entering or leaving San Francisco Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge, Marin County end of bridge is visible in background. Submitted by Kirk Rattenne,
    Photo by Donald C. Rattenne, First Engineer in Funston, 1947 to 1949.
    Frederick Funston 94k Frederick Funston (T-AP-178) entering Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA. while carrying returning troops from Korea, circa 1950s. Ken Lane
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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