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APA-174 Jerauld

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 Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Haskell Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull under a Maritime Commission contract, at Oregon Shipbuilding Group, Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 3 November 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission and Commissioned USS Jerauld (APA-174), 26 November 1944, at Astoria, OR.
  • Decommissioned, 6 May 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Jerauld received one battle star 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 one 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mount, four twin 40mm gun mounts, ten single 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, single propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    Jerauld 47k Jerauld (APA-174) in Fast Convoy in April 1945, carrying men and material for the invasion of Okinawa. Photo taken from Bosque (APA-135). LT Bob Kiess (MC) USNR, USS Bosque Medical Officer 1944-45
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    DANFS history entry located on the Hazegray & Underway Web Site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Amphibious Forces WWII- USS Jerauld APA 174
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