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Ship's patch at left contributed by Mike Smolinski

APA/LPA-210 Telfair

Atlantic Fleet International Radio Call Sign
November - India - Sierra - Charlie
Pacific Fleet International Radio Call Sign (1950s)

November - Papa - Papa - Hotel
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Okinawa -2 April 1945) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (3) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Haskell Class Amphibious Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 30 May 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 558), at Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 30 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS Telfair (APA-210), 31 October 1944, at San Francisco CA., Comdr. Lyle O. Armel, USNR, in command
  • During World War II Telfair was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 20 July 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group
  • Recommissioned, 12 September 1950, Capt. John Andrews, Jr
  • During the Korean War Telfair participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    First UN Counter Offensive
    9 February to 6 March 1951     		Third Korean Winter
    2 to 22 January 1953
    13 to 15 February 1953
    14 to 19 March 1953
    Communist China Spring Offensive
    29 April to 1 May 1951     		.

  • Decommissioned, 29 February 1958
  • Temporary custody assigned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register and permanent custody assigned to the Maritime Administration, 1 July 1960
  • Reacquired by the Navy, 24 August 1961
  • Name re-instated on Naval Register, 1 September 1961
  • Recommissioned, 22 November 1961, Capt. E. M. Higgins in command
  • Decommissioned, 31 October 1968, at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1968
  • Designation changed to Amphibious Transport (LPA-210), 1 January 1969
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 May 1969 to Boston Metals of Baltimore, MD.
  • Telfair earned one battle star for World War II and three battle stars during the Korean War
    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 single 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 1 propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    Telfair 16k Telfair (APA-210), date and place unknown. Photo by Gordon Pritchert
    via Don Shelton
    Telfair 14k Telfair (APA-210), date and place unknown. Don Shelton
    Telfair 27k Telfair (APA-210), date and place unknown. Don Shelton
    Telfair 9k Telfair (APA-210),at Okinawa, 1945, Condition Red Photo by Royal Nicodemus
    via Martin Fahrer via Don Shelton
    Telfair 104k Telfair (APA-210), Hampton Roads, August 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
    Telfair 101k Telfair (APA-210), date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II web site
    Telfair 21k Telfair (APA-210) and Alstede (AF-48), at Norfolk, VA, October 1964. Photo by Jim McCoy
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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