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USS Alpine (APA-92)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Uniform - Kilo
NZUK

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (2) - Navy Unit Commendation - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
Personnel Awards

Purple Hearts (18 November 1944, Leyte Gulf, 5 KIA, 18 WIA, 1 April 1945, Okinawa, 3 KIA 19 WIA)

Alpine Class Attack Transport:

Laid down, 12 April 1943, as SS Sea Arrow a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 281) at Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Francisco, CA.

Launched, 10 July 1943

Acquired by the Navy, 30 September 1943

Placed in reduced commission, 30 September 1943, for transit to her conversion yard at Portland, OR., CDR Roger E. Perry, USN (24) (Ferry Crew), in command

Decommissioned, 8 October 1943, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR.

Recommissioned, 22 April 1944, CDR. George G. K. Reilly, in command

During World War II USS Alpine (APA-92) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Marianas operation Capture and Occupation of Guam, 21 to 27 and 29 July 1944	Manila Bay-Bicol operation Zambales-Subic Bay, 29 to 30 January 1945
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 20 October and 18 November 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 16 April 1945
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945

Following World War II USS Alpine was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
8 to 19 September 1945
17 October to 9 November 1945	17 October to 9 November 1945

Decommissioned, 5 April 1946

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 10 April 1946 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946

USS Alpine earned five battle stars and a Navy Unit Commendation for World War II service

Merchant Service

Sold for merchant service in 1947 renamed SS India Mail

Resold in 1965, renamed SS Transwestern

Resold in 1969, renamed SS Buckeye Pacific

Resold in 1971, renamed SS Empire Pacific

Final Disposition, scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, October 1971

Specifications:
Displacement 8,591 t.(lt), 16,100 t.(fl)
Length 492'
Beam 69' 6"
Draft 26' 6"
Speed 18.4 kts.

Complement

Officers 41

Enlisted 437

Troop Accommodations

Officers 91

Enlisted 1,420

Staff Accommodations

Officers 43

Enlisted 108

Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.
Cargo Capacity non-refrigerated 180,500 Cu ft, 4,500 DWT
Boats

12 LCVP

4 LCM (Mk-6)

3 LCP(L) (MK-IV)

Armament

2 single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

18 single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 8,510 Bbls

Diesel 750 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric geared drive turbine

two Combustion Engineering D-type boilers, 465psi 765°

double General Electric Main Reduction Gears

three turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ships Service Generators

single propeller, 8,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Alpine (APA-92)
100309219 19-N-65347	148k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** off Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR., 11 February 1944. US National Archives, Photo # 19-N-65347 and 19-N-65348, US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Mike Green
100309220 19-N-65348	143k		Mike Green
100309214 19-N-65346	269k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** fitting out, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR., 11 February 1944. US National Archives, Photo # 19-N-65346 and 19-N-65345 US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Mike Green
100309216 19-N-65345	300k		Mike Green
100309217 19-N-65636	186k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** underway off Portland, OR., 10 May 1944 US National Archives, Photo # 19-N-65636 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Mike Green
100309218 19-N-65637	269k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** underway off Portland, OR., 10 May 1944 National Archives, Photo #'s 19-N-65637 US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
100309221 19-N-65634	242k
100309222 19-N-65635	286k
100309223 19-N-65629	141k
100309224 19-N-65632	173k
100309225 19-N-65633	188k
100309226 19-N-65630	157k
100309227 19-N-65631	155k
	69k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92) underway while a part of the Guam amphibious invasion force, July 1944. Photo taken from USS Ringgold (DD-500)**, Dwight Spayth collection.	John Chiquoine
	183k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92) at anchor off Okinawa, 3 April 1945, while undergoing repairs after being hit by a kamikaze two days earlier. Note USS Gear (ARS-34)** lies alongside US National Archives photo # 80-G-311835, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Robert Hurst
100309213 19-N-90193	171k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** underway near Naval Station, Seattle, WA., 5 July 1945. The two twin 40 mm mounts added forward to some units of this class in mid-1945 are located at the base of the forward pair of kingposts. In this ship, the directors for these mounts were located a third of the way up the kingposts. US National Archives Photo #'s 19-N-90193, 19-N-90194 and 19-N-90195 and 19-N-90195	US Naval History and Heritage Command
100309232 19-N-90194	151k
100309233 190-N-90195	170k
100309215	125k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** at anchor, circa 1945, location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 78542, courtesy James Russell.	Mike Green
100309228 80-G-347069	80k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** at anchor, Ulithi Atoll, 25 August 1945. US National Archives Photo # 80-G-347069, 80-G-347070 and 80-G-347071.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
100309229 80-G-347070	117k
100309230 80-G-347071	88k
	45k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** anchored off Nagoya, Japan in 1945 just after surrender.	Jeffrey P.Costello for his father, Philip J. Costello, MoMM3 USS Alpine 1945-46
	45k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** anchored at Manila Bay, PI, circa 1945.	Jeffrey P.Costello for his father, Philip J. Costello, MoMM3 USS Alpine 1945-46
	51k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Russ Padden
	55k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** ship's officers, date and location unknown.	Russ Padden
	50k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** officers, date and location unknown.	Russ Padden
	64k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** ship's officers, date and location unknown.	Russ Padden
	70k	*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** engine room watch standers, date and location unknown.	Russ Padden
Merchant Service
	99k	Ex-*USS Alpine* (APA-92)** in merchant service as the Pack & Kahn Inc. SS Transwestern working heavy cargo in the port of Bremerhaven, Germany, April 1968.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	114k	SS Transwestern working heavy cargo in the port of Bremerhaven, Germany, April 1968.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
100309234	284k	SS Buckeye Pacific underway, circa 1970, location unknown.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus

USS Alpine (APA-92)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
	CDR. Perry, Roger Edison, USN (USNA 1924) (Ferry Command)	30 September 1943 - 8 October 1943
	Decommissioned	8 October 1943 - 22 April 1944
01	CDR. Reilly, George Kenneth Gordon, USN	22 April 1944 - 5 April 1946


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