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APA-93 Barnstable

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)
Bayfield Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 6 May 1943, as SS Sea Snapper, a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 282) at Western Pipe and Steel Co., Los Angeles CA.
  • Launched, 5 August 1943
  • Acquired by the Navy, 30 October 1943
  • Placed in reduced commission, 30 October 1943 to 3 November 1943, for transit to her fitting out yard at Portland, OR.
  • Fitted out as an Attack Transport at Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR.
  • Placed in full commission as, USS Barnstable (APA-93), 22 May 1944, Capt. Thomas M. Stokes in command
  • Decommissioned, 25 March 1946
  • Returned to the War Shipping Administration, 26 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946
  • Sold 18 April 1947 to the Isthmian Steamship Co., renamed SS Steel Fabricator
  • Sold, date unknown, renamed SS Reliance Dynasty
  • Sold, early 1970s to Valor Navigation Co., Panamanian flagged, renamed SS Grand Valor
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1974
  • Barnstable earned four battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,591 t.(lt), 16,100 t.(fl)
    Length 492' 6"
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 26' 6"
    Speed 18.4 kts.
    Complement 478
    Flag Accommodation
    43 officers
    108 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodation
    80 Officers
    1,146 Enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 200,000 cu. ft., 4,700 t.
    Boats
    12 LCVP
    4 LCM (Mk-6)
    3 LCP(L) (MK-IV)
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts, one fore and one aft
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    eighteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    1 Westinghouse geared drive turbine
    2 Combustion Engineering D-type boilers
    1 propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    Barnstable 46k Barnstable (APA-93) at anchor, date and place unknown. Rick Kaufman
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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