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APA-92 Alpine

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
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

Alpine Class Attack Transport:

Authorized as Sea Arrow, a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) hull

Laid down, 12 April 1943, 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

Commissioned USS Alpine (APA-92), 22 April 1944;

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

Sold for commercial 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

Alpine received five battle stars and a Navy Unit Commendation for World War II operations

Specifications:
Displacement 8,591 t.(lt), 16,100 t.(fl)
Length 492'
Beam 69' 6"
Draft 26' 6"
Speed 18.4 kts.
Complement 475
Troop Accommodation unknown
Cargo Capacity 180,500 cu. ft, 4,500 t.
Boats

12 LCVP

4 LCM (Mk-6)

3 LCP(L) (MK-IV)
Armament

2 single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts

2 single 40mm AA gun mounts

4 twin 40mm AA gun mounts

18 single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion

1 Westinghouse geared drive turbine

2 Combustion Engineering D-type boilers

1 propeller

Design shaft horsepower 8,500

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Alpine (APA-92)
	69k	Alpine (APA-92) underway while a part of the Guam amphibious invasion force, July 1944. Photo taken from Ringgold (DD-500), Dwight Spayth collection.	John Chiquoine
	45k	Alpine (APA-92) at anchor off Okinawa, 3 April 1945 undergoing repairs after being hit by a kamikaze two days earlier. Note Grasp (ARS-24) lies alongside US National Archives photo # (80-G-311835), a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	.
	45k	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	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	Alpine (APA-92) moored pierside, date and place unknown.	Russ Padden
	55k	Alpine (APA-92) officers, date and place unknown.	Russ Padden
	50k	Alpine (APA-92) officers, date and place unknown.	Russ Padden
	25k	Alpine (APA-92) commanding officer, date and place unknown.	Russ Padden
	64k	Alpine (APA-92) officers, date and place unknown.	Russ Padden
	70k	Alpine (APA-92) engineroom watch standers, date and place unknown.	Russ Padden
Commercial Service
	99k	ex-Alpine (APA-92) in commercial 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	ex-Alpine (APA-92) in commercial service as the Pack & Kahn Inc. SS Transwestern working heavy cargo in the port of Bremerhaven, Germany, April 1968.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus