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USS Gallatin (LPA-169)
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USS Gallatin (APA-169) (1944 - 1969)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Tango - November
NDTN

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 - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Haskell Class Attack Transport:

Laid down, 13 August 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 135) at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, OR.

Launched, 17 October 1944

Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 14 November 1944, at Portland, OR.

Commissioned USS Gallatin (APA-169), 15 November 1944 at Astoria OR., CDR. Frank S. Dowd in command

During World War II USS Gallatin was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
TransRon Twenty-One, COMO. J. R. Palmer USN (13);
TransDiv Sixty-One

Following World War II USS Gallatin was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 27 October to 1 November 1945

Decommissioned, 23 April 1946, at Newport News VA.

Returned to Maritime Commission, 24 April 1946 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet James River, Lee Hall, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946

Redesignated Amphibious Transport (LKA-169), 1 January 1969

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in Spain, 17 September 1983, to Aguliar, Peris S.A., withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet, 14 October 1983

Specifications:
Displacement 6,873 t.(lt) 14,837 t.(fl)
Length 455'
Beam 62'
Speed 17.7 kts (trial)

Complement

Officers - 56

Enlisted - 480

Troop Capacity

Officers - 80

Enlisted - 1,440

Largest Boom Capacity 35 t.

Cargo Capacity 2,900 DWT

non-refrigerated 150,000 cu ft.

Boats

two LCMs

one open LCPL

one covered LCPL (Captain's Gig)

two LCPRs

eighteen LCVPs

Armament

one 5"/38 cal dual-purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

one quad 40mm AA gun mount

ten single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

NSFO - 7,780 Bbls

Diesel - 970 Bbls

Propulsion

one Westinghouse geared turbine

two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 465psi 750 °

double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gear

three 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

one propeller, 8,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Naval Station Astoria photo # AST101869-11-44	36k	*USS Gallatin* (APA-169)** at anchor off Naval Station Astoria, OR., November 1944. Naval Station Astoria photo # AST101869-11-44 and Naval Station Astoria photo # AST101868-11-44 now in the collections of the NARA, Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle).	Tracy White
Naval Station Astoria photo # AST101868-11-44	38k		Tracy White
	85k	*USS Gallatin* (APA-169)** at anchor in San Francisco Bay, in late 1945 or early 1946. US Navy photo # NH 98722 donated to the US Naval Historical Center by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003.	US Naval Historical Center
	43k	*USS Gallatin* (APA-169)** at anchor, date and place unknown.
	62k	*USS Gallatin* (APA-169)** at anchor, date and place unknown.	Ralph Graham USS Gallatin Nov.1944 to Dec.1945