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APA-156 Mellette

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 (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Haskell Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 3 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 122) at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 4 August 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission and commissioned USS Mellette (APA-156), 27 September 1944
  • Decommissioned, 3 February 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Yorktown, VA.
  • Recommissioned, 18 October 1950
  • Decommissioned, 18 June 1955, at Charleston S.C.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Charleston Group
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration in June 1960 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
  • Final Disposition, scrapped at Taiwan in 1968
  • Mellette earned two battle stars for World War II service
    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 1 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mount, 4 twin 40mm gun mounts, 10 single 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 1 propeller, Design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    Mellette 46k Mellette (APA-156) at anchor, place unknown, 1945 Russ Padden,
    Courtesy Dick Osborn, Secretary Mellette Reunion Group
    Mellette 21k Crockett (APA-148), Deuel (APA-160), Mellette (APA-156) and Clinton (APA-144) in the James River Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis, VA., date unknown 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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