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APA-102 Riverside

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Tango - Zulu

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
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

Bayfield Class Attack Transport:

Laid down, 11 November 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 870) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp, Pascagoula, MS.

Launched, 13 April 1944

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

Placed in reduced commission, 29 June 1944 as USS Riverside (APA-102) for transit to her fitting out yard at New York, N.Y.

Decommissioned, 8 July 1944, for fitting out as an Attack Transport at Atlantic Basin Ironworks, Corp., New York N.Y.

Recommissioned, 18 December 1944, CAPT. Louis N. Miller in command

During World War II Riverside was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Decommissioned, 27 April 1946, at Norfolk, VA.

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 28 April 1946. for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946

Commercial Service

Transferred to Pope & Talbot Inc., 28 May 1947

Sold to Pacific Argentina Brazil lines (P&T) in December 1948, renamed SS P&T Forester

Sold to Moore McCormack Lines Inc. in March 1957, renamed SS Mormacwave

Sold to Grace Lines Inc. in August 1966, renamed SS Santa Leonor

Final Disposition, ran aground, 31 March 1968, on Isabel Island, Straits of Magellan, abandoned and later sank

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

twelve LCVPs

four LCM (Mk-6)s

three 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

one General Electric geared drive turbine

two Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers

single propeller

design shaft horsepower 8,500

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
80k	Riverside (APA-102) at anchor off Leyte Island, Philippine Islands, date unknown.	Capt. Jerry Mason, USN
83k	Riverside (APA-102) Engineering Department photo, B Div., date and location unknown. Front Row right to left; Crain, Stavec, Nelson, Parks, Hawley, Leon G. Good. Second row right to left; Chief WT, Hackstein, Syzmastie?, Golden, Perry, Casey, Chief WT. Third row right to left; Engineering Officer, Menard, Sood G.P., Moore?, Warthol, Herrman, Schoenster, White, Division Officer.	William A. Good for his Leon G. Good USS Riverside
108k	Riverside (APA-102) partial crew photo, date and location unknown.	William A. Good for his Leon G. Good USS Riverside

View the Riverside (APA-102)
DANFS history entry Located at the US Naval Historical Center

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Fleet Reserve Association

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