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USS Sandoval (LPA-194)
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 USS Sandoval (APA-194) (1944 - 1968)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Papa - November
 NUPN
Tactical Voice Radio Call "Snowball Papa," 1965-67
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive 27FEB45, Okinawa)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba) - China Service Medal (extended)
Third Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Fourth Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (2)
Fifth Row - Armed Forces Service Medal (1-Cuba) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Personnel Awards

Purple Heart (5 KIA, 29 WIA 27FEB45, Okinawa)
Haskell Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 16 May 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull MCV 662), at Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp, Vancouver, WA.
  • Launched, 2 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS Sandoval (APA-194), 7 October 1944, CDR. Richard C. Scherrer USN (22) in command
  • During World War II USS Sandoval was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    TransRon Sixteen, COMO. J.B. McGovern USN;
    TransDiv Forty-Seven, CAPT. C.L. Hutton USN (20) and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 27 February 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 9 April to 31 May1945

  • Following World War II USS Sandoval was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 12 October to 5 November 1945
  • Decommissioned, 19 July 1946, at Stockton, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group
  • Recommissioned, 22 September 1951, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard
  • During the Korean War USS Sandoval participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Second Korean Winter, 20 to 30 April 1952 Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952, 1 to 4 May 1952

  • USS Sandoval was assigned to China Service from 4 to 6 March 1954
  • Decommissioned, 22 June 1955
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 10 December 1959, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
  • Reinstated on the Naval Register 1 September 1961
  • Recommissioned, 20 November 1961
  • Redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA-194), 14 August 1968
  • Decommissioned, 3 March 1970
  • Laid up at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Norfolk, VA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 20 August 1970, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1976
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by MARAD, 1 August 1983 - traded out to Waterman Steamship Corporation in exchange two other vessels and simultaneously sold to Isaac Varela Davalillo, for scrapping in Spain. Contract No. MA-11380. Ship delivered to buyer by Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Portsmouth, VA., 7 September 1983. Scrapped in Spain as of 30 December 1983
  • USS Sandoval received two battle stars during World War II and two battle stars for Korean War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,873 t.(lt) 14,837 t (fl)
    Length 455'
    Beam 62'
    Speed 17.7 kts (trial)
    Draft 24' (lim)
    Complement
    officers 57
    enlisted 501
    Troop Accommodations
    87 Officers
    1,475 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 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 Allis-Chalmers geared turbine
    two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers 465psi 750°
    double Falk Main Reduction Gears
    three 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 8,500shp
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    Sandoval 57k USS Sandoval (APA-194) at Norfolk, VA, August 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
    Sandoval 479k USS Sandoval (APA-194) decommissioning ceremony, 22 June 1955, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, CAPT. W. Y. Howell, representing the shipyard at the podium, Commanding Officer CAPT. J. M. Wyckoff standing to the right rear.
    US Navy photo from the collections at the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum File name: APA 194 25755-6-55, US Navy Photo, 6/22/55.    		 Darryl Baker
    USS Sandoval (APA/LPA-194)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR. Scherrer, Richard Casey7 October 1944 - 28 May 1945
    02LT. Kerth, Kevin Vincent (acting)28 May 1945 - 19 July 1946
     Decommissioned19 July 1946 - 22 September 1951
    04CAPT. Carmichael, George Kennedy :RADM22 September 1951 - 1952
    05CAPT. Hahn, Elvin1953
    06CAPT. Wyckoff, John McKayNovember 1954 - 22 June 1955
     Decommissioned22 June 1955 - 20 November 1961
    07CAPT. Howell, Willard Young20 November 1961 - November 1962
    08CAPT. Douglas, Benjamin TheodoreNovember 1962 - December 1963
    09CAPT. Hailey, RobertDecember 1963 - 5 December 1964
    10CAPT. Barrett, Alcus Earl5 December 1964 - September 1965
    11CAPT. Turner, Frederick Charles (Fox) :VADMSeptember 1965 - 4 May 1967
    12CAPT. Brattem Jr., Toria Joel4 May 1967 - ?
    13CAPT. Bradshaw, Ray HalbertJuly 1968 - ?
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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