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APA-99 Dade

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - 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, 2 November 1943, as Lorain, a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) hull under a Maritime Commission contract at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS.

Renamed Dade, 19 November 1943

Launched, 14 January 1944

Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 29 April 1944

Placed in reduced commission, 29 April 1944 to 9 May 1944 for transit to her fitting out yard at Hoboken, N.J.

Fitted out as an Attack Transport at Todd-Hoboken Yards, Hoboken, N.J.

Recommissioned, USS Dade (APA-99), 11 November 1944

Decommissioned, 25 February 1946

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 26 February 1946

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Dade received one battle star 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 Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers, 1 propeller, Design shaft horsepower 8,500

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	52k	Dade (APA-99) underway, date and place unknown.		Larry Proper
	72k	Dade (APA-99) arriving in San Francisco Bay, 17 December 1945. *Dade* is returning troops from the Western Pacific to the United States as part of Operation "Magic Carpet.". US Navy photo # NH 98714 donated by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), to the US Naval Historical Center in 2003.		US Naval Historical Center

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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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