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APA-197 Lubbock

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
Haskell Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 27 May 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 665) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp, Vancouver, WA.
  • Launched, 19 September 1944 Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on loan-charter
  • Commissioned USS Lubbock (APA-197), 14 October 1944, Comdr. Harvey J. Schroeder in command
  • Decommissioned, 14 December 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1958
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Final Disposition, scrapped
  • Lubbock received two battle stars 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 1 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mount, 4 twin 40mm gun mounts, 10 single 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion 1 Allis-Chalmers geared turbine, 2 Combustion Engineering header-type boilers, 1 propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    Lubbock 125k Lubbock (APA-197) underway, date and place unknown. Scott at LBS Products
    Lubbock 43k Lubbock (APA-197) off the Iwo Jima beachhead in February 1945. Scott at LBS Products
    Lubbock 51k Lubbock (APA-197)'s LCM-25 seen here on the beach at Iwo Jima in February 1945. Scott at LBS Products
    Lubbock 63k Lubbock (APA-197) off Naval Station Treasure Island, San Francisco, 14 July 1946. She is returning troops from the Western Pacific to the United States as part of Operation "Magic Carpet". Roger C.
    Lubbock 107k Lubbock (APA-197) off Naval Station Treasure Island, San Francisco, 14 July 1946. She is returning troops from the Western Pacific to the United States as part of Operation "Magic Carpet". Roger C.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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