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USS Broadwater (APA-139)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Papa - Delta
 NDPD
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
Haskell Class Attack Transport
  • Laid down, 1 September 1944, as a Maritime Commission VC2-S-AP5 hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 55) at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington CA.
  • Launched, 5 November 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission 1 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS Broadwater (APA-139), 2 January 1945, CAPT. George G. Herring, Jr., in command
  • During World War II USS Broadwater was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and performed occupation duty following the conclusion of the war
  • Decommissioned, 28 February 1946
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 1 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 20 March 1946
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Andy International, 13 June1974, scrapped at Brownsville, TX.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,873 t.(lt) 14,837 t.(fl)
    Length 455'
    Beam 62'
    Draft 24'
    Speed 19 kts.
    Complement
    56 Officers
    480 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations
    86 Officers
    1,475 Enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 150,000 cu. ft, 2,900 tons
    Boats
    tow LCM
    twelve LCVP
    three LCPU
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    one Joshua Hendy geared turbine
    two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers
    one propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    Bellerophon 64k USS Broadwater (APA-139) in San Francisco Bay, late October 1945 with USS Bellerophon (ARL-31) alongside to make voyage repairs so that Broadwater can sail to the Far East during operation "Magic Carpet. A strike by civilian workers paralyzed civilian yards in the San Francisco area during the latter part of October 1945, Bellerophon provided voyage repairs to "Magic Carpet" ships in the harbor during the strike.
    Photo available for purchase from ©Nobe Smith, Atlantic Fleet Sales, Box 6202, Norfolk, VA 23508 All Rights Reserved     		Rob Wade, courtesy Lynn Watson for her father Paul Klinkert S1/c USS Bellerophon
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    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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