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APA-148 Crockett

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 Medal (with Asia clasp)
Haskell Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down (date unknown) under as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 813) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, WA.
  • Launched 28 November 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission and commissioned USS Crockett (APA-148), 18 January 1945
  • Decommissioned, 15 October 1946 at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register and returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the James River National Defense Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis, VA. 1 October 1958
  • Final Disposition, scrapped (date unknown)
  • Crockett received one battle star for service in World War II
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,873 t.(lt) 14,837 t.(fl)
    Length 455'
    Beam 62'
    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 2 LCM, 12 LCVP, 3 LCPU
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mount, four twin 40mm gun mounts, 10 single 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion 1 Joshua Hendy geared turbine, 2 Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 1 propeller, Design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    Crockett 39k Crockett (APA-148) at anchor, date and place unknown. Russ Padden
    Crockett 21k Crockett (APA-148) laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet at Fort Eustis, VA. Crockett is outboard on the far left. USS Deuel Association
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    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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    Last Updated 12 November 2004