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USS Lanier (APA-125)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Oscar - Yankee
 NZOY
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)
Haskell Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 22 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type, (VC2-S-AP5) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 39) at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 29 August 1944
  • Completed by Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, CA., 22 December 1944, and turned over to the US Navy
  • Commissioned USS Lanier (APA-125), 22 December 1944 at Oakland, CA., CDR. Walter W. Rockey in command
  • During World War II USS Lanier was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 to 6 May 1945

  • Decommissioned, 5 March 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 8 March 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 9 April 1973, to Union Minerals & Alloys, Corp.
  • USS Lanier received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,873 t.(lt) 14,837 t.(fl)
    Length 455'
    Beam 62'
    Speed 17.7 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 56
    Enlisted 480
    Troop Accommodations
    Officers 86
    Enlisted 1,475
    Largest Boom Capacity 35 t.
    Cargo Capacity 2,900 DWT
    non-refrigerated 150,000 Cu ft
    Boats
    2 LCMs
    12 LCVPs
    3 LCPUs
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 cal dual-purpose gun mount
    one quad 40mm AA gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacities
    NSFO 7,780 Bbls
    Diesel 970 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Joshua Hendy geared turbine
    two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 465 psi 750°
    double Joshua Hendy Main Reduction Gears
    three 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    one propeller, 8,500 shp
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    Lanier 78k USS Lanier (APA-125) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    Photo from Lanier cruise book, 1944-46    		 Russ Padden
    Lanier 116k USS Lanier (APA-125) anchored in the background with a section of her crew going ashore in an LCVP, date and place unknown.
    Photo from Lanier cruise 1944-46.     		Russ Padden
    Lanier 136k USS Lanier (APA-125) at anchor, date and location.
    Photo from Lanier cruise 1944-46. unknown.    		 Russ Padden
    USS Lanier (APA-125)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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