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APA-100 Mendocino

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top 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, 20 September 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) hull under Maritime Commission (MC hull 866) contract at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS.

Launched, 11 February 1944

Acquired by the Navy, 23 April 1944, and placed in partial commission for ferrying to her conversion yard, Bethlehem Steel Co., Hoboken, N.J.

Decommissioned, 3 June 1944, at Hoboken

Converted to an Attack Transport

Recommissioned USS Mendocino (APA-100), 31 October 1944

Decommissioned, 27 February 1946 ,at New York, N.Y.

Returned to the Maritime Commission the same day

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946

Sold by the Maritime Commission to Pope and Talbot Steamship Co,, renamed P and T Seafarer

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1973

Mendocino earned 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 one 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
	34k	Mendocino (APA-100) at anchor, date and place unknown.		Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
	84k	Mendocino (APA-100) underway, circa 1944-45, place unknown.		Russ Padden

View the Mendocino (APA-100)
DANFS history entry located at 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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