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APA-95 Burleigh

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from 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)
Bayfield Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 6 July 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 862) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, 3 December 1943
  • Placed in reduced commission, 1 April 1944 to 13 April 1944 for transit to her fitting out yard at Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Placed out of commission, 13 April 1944
  • Fitted out as an Attack Transport at Bethlehem Steel Co., 56th Street Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Recommissioned USS Burleigh (APA-95), 30 October 1944, at Brooklyn, N.Y., CDR. David C. Greenlee in command
  • During World War II Burleigh was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 11 June 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Returned to the War Shipping Administration, 12 June 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for commercial service in 1947, scrapped 1973
  • Burleigh received one battle star for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,100 t.(lt), 16,100 t.(fl)
    Length 492' 6"
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 26' 6"
    Speed 18 kts.
    Complement
    51 Officers
    524 Enlisted
    Flag Accommodations
    43 Officers
    108 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations
    80 Officers
    1,146 Enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 180,500 cu. ft, 4.800 t.
    Boats
    12 LCVPs
    4 LCM (Mk-6)s
    3 LCP(L) (MK-IV)s
    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 Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers
    1 propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    Burleigh 48k Burleigh (APA-95) in San Francisco Bay in 1946. She was taking part in "Magic Carpet", the operation mounted by the Navy to bring the troops home after WWII. CDR Lou Chirillo USN Ret
    CDR Chirillo was Engineering Officer in Burleigh
    View the Burleigh (APA-95)
    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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