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USS Hamblen (APA-114)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Whiskey - Juliet
NZWJ

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 - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Bayfield Class Attack Transport:

Laid down, 16 February 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 876) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS;

Launched, 30 June 1944

Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission and commissioned USS Hamblen (APA-114), 12 June 1945, CAPT. George M. Wauchope, USNR, in command.

During and following World War II USS Hamblen (APA-114) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Following World War II USS Hamblen was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 23 September 1945 to 1 January 1946

Decommissioned, 1 May 1946, at Norfolk. VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 7 May 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Merchant Service

Towed, 22 January 1947, by Moran Towing and Transportation Co. from Lee Hall, VA. to Hoboken, N.J.

Delivered, 24 January 1947, to Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken, N.J. for reconversion for merchant service

Sold, 4 May 1948, to Isthmian Lines at Hoboken, renamed SS Steel Voyager

Final Disposition, sold, 16 August 1973, to Long Jong Industrial Co. Ltd., for scrapping at Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Specifications:
Displacement 11,760 t.(lt) 16,100 t.(fl)
Length 492'
Beam 69' 6"
Draft 25'
Speed 18.4 kts (trial)

Complement

Officers 41

Enlisted 437

Troop Accommodations

Officers 91

Enlisted 1470

Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.

Cargo Capacity 4,500 DWT

non-refrigerated 180, 530 cu ft

Boats

twelve LCVPs

four LCM (Mk-6)s

three LCP(L) (MK-IV)s

Armament

two single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

two twin 20mm AA gun mounts

eighteen single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 8,510 Bbls

Diesel 750 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric geared turbine

two Foster and Wheeler D-type boilers, 465psi 765°

double General Electric Main Reduction Gear

four 250Kw 250V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

one propeller, 8,500shp

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USS Hamblen (APA-114)
	277k	Overhead views of *USS Hamblen* (APA-114)** underway, 13 June 1945, location unknown. Note the triple Welin davits, carrying one landing craft outboard, another on deck, and another raised above the deck. US Navy photo from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History", by Norman Friedman.	Robert Hurst
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	34k	*USS Hamblen* (APA-114)** overhead view underway, date and place unknown	Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
Merchant Service Isthmian SS Co.
	89k	Ex-*USS Hamblen* (APA-114)** in merchant service as the Isthmian Lines SS Steel Voyager moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany in March, 1971.	Photo Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	88k	SS Steel Voyager moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany in March, 1971.	Photo Gerhard Mueller-Debus

USS Hamblen (APA-114)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships(DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Wauchope, George Marker, USNR	12 June 1945 - 10 March 1946
02	CAPT. Dudley, Clayton Rodes, USNR	10 March 1946 - 1 May 1946


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