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APA-211 Missoula

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Haskell Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 20 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission, type (VC2-S-AP5) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Permanente Metals Corp. Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 6 September 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on loan-charter and Commissioned USS Missoula (APA-211), 27 October 1944
  • Decommissioned, 13 September 1946, at Port Chicago, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Mare Island Group, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1958 and returned to the Maritime Administration the same day for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Missoula 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 Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, single propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    Missoula 56k Missoula (APA-211), at anchor, in the transport area off Iwo Jima or Okinawa. Note, she appears to be firing her forward twin 40mm gun mount skyward, possibly under attack from Japanese kamikaze aircraft.
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