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USS Montrose (LPA-212)
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 USS Montrose (APA-212) (1944 - 1968)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Papa - Papa
NPPP
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is top to bottom, from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (25 May 67) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)- World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (3) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Taiwan Straits)
Fourth Row - Vietnam Service Medal (6) - Philippine Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal
Fifth Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (9) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Haskell Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 17 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull under a Maritime Commission contract at Permanente Metals Corp. Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 13 September 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on loan-charter
  • Commissioned USS Montrose (APA-212), 2 November 1944, CDR. H. G. Davis in command
  • During World War II USS Montrose was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 24 April 1945
  • Decommissioned, 26 October 1946, at Stockton, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group
  • Recommissioned, 12 September 1950
  • During the Korean War USS Montrose participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    First UN Counter Offensive
    9 to 11 February 1951
    12 March to 12 April 1951     		UN Summer-Fall Offensive
    12 July1951
    Communist China Spring Offensive
    23 to 25 Apr 1951
    13 to 14 May 1951
    5 to 6 June 1951     		 

  • During the Vietnam War USS Montrose participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Vietnam Defense
    8 to 18 November 1965
    20 November to 4 December 1965
    10 to 24 December 1965     		Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
    6 to 7 June 1967
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive
    25 December 1965
    28 January to 1 March 1966     		Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V
    30 August to 1 September 1968
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
    23 March to 28 April 1967
    25 to 27 May 1967     		Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI
    28 November to 11 December 1968
    8 to 9 January 1969

  • Redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA-212), 1 January 1969
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 2 November 1969
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration (MARAD)
  • Final Disposition, sold by MARAD for scrapping in 1970 to Ziddell Corporation, Portland, OR.
  • USS Montrose received one battle star for World War II service, three battle stars for Korean War service, and six campaign stars for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,873 t. (lt) 14,837 t (fl)
    Length 455'
    Beam 62'
    Speed 17.7 kts.
    Complement
    Officer 99
    Enlisted 503 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations
    Officers 86
    Enlisted 1,475
    Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.
    Cargo Capacity 2,900 DWT
    non-refrigerated 150,000 Cu ft
    Boats
    two LCMs
    twelve LCVPs
    three LCPUs
    Armament
    one 5"/38 cal dual-purpose gun mount
    one quad 40mm AA gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacities
    NSFO 7,780 Bbls
    Diesel 970 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Westinghouse geared turbine
    two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers, 465psi 750°
    double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears
    three 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 8,500shp
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    Montrose 113k USS Montrose (APA-212) underway, date and location unknown. ©George B Barber, Marine Photo and Publishing Co. San Diego CA.
    Copies of this photo are available from Marine Photo and Publishing Co.
    Contributed by Tom Gonzales
    Montrose 114k USS Montrose (APA-212) underway, date and location unknown. David Buell
    Montrose 107k USS Montrose (APA-212) anchored at Vung Tau, South Vietnam, alongside the accommodation ship USS Benewah (APB-35), in May 1967. Among the craft alongside the pontoon are an LCM(6) and a riverine troop carrier adopted from an LCM(6).
    US Navy photo from "US Amphibious Ships and Craft", by Norman Friedman.    		 Robert Hurst

    For more photos and information about USS Montrose, see;
  • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
  • Commanding Officers
    • Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    U.S.S Montrose APA-212 Association
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