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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  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in Spain, 17 September 1983, to Aguliar, Peris S.A., withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet, 14 October 1983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
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    Gallatin
    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
    Gallatin
    Naval Station Astoria photo # AST101868-11-44    		 38k
    Gallatin 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
    Gallatin 43k USS Gallatin (APA-169) at anchor, date and place unknown.  
    Gallatin 62k USS Gallatin (APA-169) at anchor, date and place unknown. Ralph Graham USS Gallatin Nov.1944 to Dec.1945
    USS Gallatin (APA-169)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR. Dowd, Frank S.15 November 1944 - 23 April 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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