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USS Clearfield (APA-142)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Papa - Papa
 NDPP
Haskell Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 15 September 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 58) at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 21 November 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 11 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS Clearfield (APA-142), 12 January 1945, CAPT. F.C. Stelter, Jr., in command
  • During World War II USS Clearfield 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, 23 June 1945
  • Following World War II Clearfield performed occupation duty in the Far East
  • Decommissioned, 4 March 1946, at Norfolk VA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 6 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 9 April 1973, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp.New York
    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
    two 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 Westinghouse geared turbine
    two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers
    one propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    Clearfield 63k USS Clearfield (APA-142) underway, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    Heywood 78k In the foreground is USS Heywood (AP-12), in San Francisco Bay, 23 May 1945. Among the ships in the distance are USS Arneb (AKA-56), at left, and USS Clearfield (APA-142), at right.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-90748, from the US Navy's Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    View the USS Clearfield (APA-142)
    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
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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