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APA-204 / LPA Sarasota

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Haskell Class Attack Transport
  • Laid down, 11 April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 552) at Permanente Metals Corp, Richmond, CA,
  • Launched, 14 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS Sarasota (APA-204), 16 August 1944, Comdr. James I. MaePherson, USNR, in command
  • During WWII LSM-13 was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 January 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 7 May 1945
    Manila Bay-Bicol operation
    Zambales-Subic Bay, 29 January 1945     		.

  • Decommissioned, 1 August 1946, at Stockton, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group
  • Recommissioned, 2 February 1951
  • Decommissioned, 2 September 1955, at Charleston, S.C.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Charleston Group
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration in June 1956 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1966
  • Redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA-204) 1 January 1969
  • Final Disposition, disposed of, 1 May 1982, by Maritime Administration exchange, fate unknown
  • Sarasota earned three 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
    two LCM
    twelve LCVP
    three LCPU
    Armament
    one 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    one Allis-Chalmers geared turbine
    two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers
    single propeller
    design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    Sarasota 34k Sarasota 9APA-204) during an amphibious training exercise, date and location unknown Hyperwar, US Navy in WWII
    Greenlet 105k Sarasota (APA-204) is moored forward of Greenlet (ASR-10) at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 21 May 1946. Outboard of Sarasota is Sanborn (APA-193).
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1885-46    		 Darryl Baker
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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