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APA-98 Dutchess

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 (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Windsor Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1676) at Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sparrow Point Shipyard, Sparrow Point, MD.
  • Launched, 26 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS Dutchess (APA-98), 4 November 1944, CDR. A. B. Leggett in command
  • During World War II Dutchess was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 4 April 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Returned to the War Shipping Administration, 5 April 1946, for disposal
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Sold for commercial service to American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines, in 1948, renamed SS Excalibur
  • Resold to C. Y. Tung, Hong Kong, date unknown, renamed SS Oriental Jade, reflagged Republic of China
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1974
  • Dutchess received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,950 t.(lt), 13,143 t.(fl)
    Length 473' 1"
    Beam 66'
    Draft 25'
    Speed 18.6 kts.
    Complement
    54 Officers
    522 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations
    91 Officers
    1,496 Enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 150,000 cu. ft., 1,600 t.
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    two twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    eighteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    one geared turbine drive
    two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers
    single shaft, design shaft horsepower 8,000
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    USS Duchess (APA-98)
    Dutchess 40k Dutchess (APA-98) anchored, date and place unknown. Submitted by Mrs. Linda Wichmann Scriven for her father H.S. Wichmann USS Dutchess
    Dutchess 50k Dutchess (APA-98) anchored, 1945, place unknown. Henry Wristen USS Dutchess
    Commercial Service
    Dutchess 46k Ex-Dutchess (APA-98) in commercial service as Orient Overseas Line's SS Oriental Jade, date and place unknown. .
    Dutchess 75k Ex-Dutchess (APA-98) in commercial service as Orient Overseas Line's SS Oriental Jade, moored pierside at Yokohama, Japan, 17 November 1973. Note the "added-on" bow portion. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
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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
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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