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APA-96 Cecil

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 (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Bayfield Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 24 June 1943, as Sea Angler a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) under Maritime Commission contract (MC Hull 1544) at Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Francisco, CA.
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission 26 February 1944
  • Placed in reduced commission, 27 February 1944, as Cecil (APA-96) for transit to her fitting out yard at Portland, OR.
  • Fitted out as an Attack Transport at Continental Iron Works, Portland, OR.
  • Placed in full commission 15 September 1944
  • Decommissioned 24 May 1946
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 25 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold in 1948 and renamed Steel Admiral, scrapped in 1973
  • Cecil received two battle stars for 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 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 General Electric geared drive turbine, 2 Babcock and Wilcox D-type boilers, 1 propeller, Design shaft horsepower 8,500.
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    Cecil 69k Cecil (APA-96) in the harbor at Batangas, Luzon, P.I., August 1945 Louis Shannon
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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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