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APA-158 Newberry

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Assault and Occupation of Iwo Jima) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Haskell Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 10 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 124), at Oregon Shipbuilding, Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 24 August 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 6 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS Newberry (APA-158), 7 October 1944, CDR. David R. Phoebus in command
  • Decommissioned, 21 February 1946
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 3 March 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, scrapped (date unknown)
  • Newberry received 2 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 AA gun mounts, 10 single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 Combustion Engineering header-type boilers, 1 propeller, Design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    LSM-206 74k Newberry (APA-158) taking on wounded Marines at Iwo Jima from LSM-206 between 17 and 27 February 1945. Harold Jacobs and the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    Newberry 73k Newberry (APA-158) and ships officers. Commanding Officer, Cdr D R Phoebus USNR, is in the upper left corner. The remaining officers are unidentified. Nick DePaola, MM3/c, USS Newberry
    Newberry 67k Newberry (APA-158) at anchor, date and place unknown. Russ Padden, Courtesy Jim Chenvert for his father Tom Chenvert USS Newberry
    Newberry 66k Newberry (APA-158) at anchor, date and place unknown. Russ Padden, Courtesy Jim Chenvert for his father Tom Chenvert USS Newberry
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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