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USS Lander (LPA-178)
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 USS Lander (APA-178) (1944 - 1968)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Uniform - Kilo
 NDUK
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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Haskell Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 9 October 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 144) at Oregon Shipbuilding Group, Portland OR.
  • Launched, 19 November 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission 8 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS Lander (APA-178), 9 December 1944, at Astoria OR., CAPT. John Driscoll Sweeney USN (26) in command
  • During WWII USS Lander was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    TransRon Twenty-Three, COMO A.S. Witherspoon
    Trans Div Sixty-Eight, CAPT. C.R. Crutcher USN (18) and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Iwo Jima operations
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 6 to 16 March 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 7 to 11 June 1945

  • Following World War II USS Lander was assigned to Occupation service for the following periods; 25 to 26 September and 21 to 27 October 1945
  • Decommissioned, 29 March 1946, at Norfolk, Va.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 1 April 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA-178), 14 August 1968
  • Struck from the Naval Register 1 September 1983
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 17 September 1983, to Desgueces, Aviles, S.A., Spain, delivered 20 October 1983
  • USS Lander received two battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,873 t.(lt) 14,837 t.(fl)
    Length 455'
    Beam 62'
    Speed 17.7 kts.
    Complement
    56 Officers
    480 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations
    8 Officers
    1,440 Enlisted
    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 single 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    one quad 40mm AA gun mount
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    one Joshua Hendy turbine
    two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers,. 465psi 750°
    double Joshua Hendy Main Reduction Gears
    three 300Kw 120/240V D.C. Ship' Service Generators
    one propeller, 8,500shp
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    Lander 71k USS Lander (APA-178) at anchor, date and location unknown. Douglas A Smith SM3/c USS Lander December 1944 to January 1946
    Lander 91k USS Lander (APA-178) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Bill Gonyo
    USS Lander (APA/LPA-178)
    DANFS history entry located the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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