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USS Mountrail (LPA-213)
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 USS Mountrail (APA-213) (1944 - 1969)


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Papa - Tango
 NPPT
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba) - 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 - Korean Service Medal (3) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba)
Fourth Row - Philippines Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Haskell Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 24 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 561, at Permanente Metals Corp. Yard No. 2, Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 20 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS Mountrail (APA-213), 16 November 1944, CDR. Robert R. Stevens USNR in command
  • During World War II USS Mountrail was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    TransRon Seventeen, COMO. T.B. Brittan USN (20);
    TransDiv Fifty-One, CAPT. J. L. Allen USNR and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 25 April 1945

  • Following World War II USS Mountrail was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following period:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    3 October to 4 November 19453 October to 4 November 1945

  • Decommissioned, 12 July 1946. at Stockton, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group
  • Recommissioned, 9 September 1950
  • USS Mountrail was again assigned to China service from 15 to 28 May 1951
  • During the Korean War USS Mountrail participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    First UN Counter Offensive
    5 to 12 February 1951     		Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
    1 to 19 August 1952
    27 August to 4 September 1952
    17 to 18 October 1952
    11 to 19 November 1952
    Communist China Spring Offensive
    11 to14 May 1951     		 

  • Decommissioned, 1 October 1955, at Long Beach, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., 7 June 1960
  • Withdrawn from reserve for reactivation, 5 August 1961
  • Recommissioned, 22 November 1961
  • Redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA-213), 1 January 1969
  • Decommissioned, 13 August 1970 and delivered to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) the same day for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Permanent custody assumed by MARAD, 1 September 1971
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1976
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 1 January 1990
  • USS Mountrail received one battle star for World War II service and three battle stars for Korean War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,873 t.(lt) 14,837 t.(fl)
    Length 455'
    Beam 62'
    Speed 17.7 kts. (trial)
    Complement
    Officers 56
    Enlisted 480
    Troop Accommodations
    Officers 86 Officers
    Enlisted 1,475
    Cargo Capacity 150,000 cu. ft, (non-refrigerated) 2,900 tons
    Boats
    two LCMs
    one open LCPL
    one covered LCPL (Captain's Gig)
    two LCPRs
    eighteen LCVPs
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 cal dual-purpose gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    one quad 40mm AA gun mount
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacities
    NSFO 7,780 Bbls
    Diesel 970 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Westinghouse geared turbine
    two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 465psi 750°
    double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gear
    three 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    single propeller, 8,500shp
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    Mountrail 46k USS Mountrail (APA-213), date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Web site
    Mountrail 45k USS Mountrail (APA-213), at anchor, date and location unknown.
    Russ Padden webmaster
    Amphibious Forces WWII Web Site
    Mountrail 150k Painting USS Mountrail (APA-213)'s hull, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine August 1954
    Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Mountrail 85k USS Mountrail (APA-213) in 1967 during an underway refueling from USS Waccamaw (AO-109), location unknown. Bill Guhl USS Waccamaw
    Mountrail 95k USS Mountrail (APA-213) underway, date and location unknown. Don Elliott for his father George "Dean" Elliott SK3/c USS Mountrail 1952-55
    Mountrail 284k USS Mountrail (APA-213) moored in the port of Genoa, Italy, 1 June 1967. Photo by Carlo Martinelli
    Mountrail 284k USS Mountrail (APA-213) moored at Genoa, Italy, between USS De Soto County (LST-1177) and USS Oglethorpe (AKA-100), 31 December 1967. Photo by Carlo Martinelli
    USS Mountrail (APA-213 / LPA-213)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR. Stevens, Robert R.16 November 1944 - 7 December 1946
     Decommissioned7 December 1946 - 9 September 1950
    02CAPT. Murphy, John William09 September 1950 - ?
    03CAPT. Farmer, William Howard :RADM1952 - ?
    04CAPT. Cox, William Ruffin :RADMOctober 1953 - September 1954
    05CAPT. Scott, David DarwinSeptember 1954 - 1 October 1955
     Decommissioned1 October 1955 - 22 December 1961
    06CAPT. Compton, Emmett Mobley22 November 1961 - May 1963
    08CAPT. Surface, Wayne Douglas1964 - ?
    10CAPT. Gray Jr., Oscar Edward :RADMNovember 1966 - November 1967
    11CAPT. Hamberg, Harold Adolph1969 - February 1970
    12CAPT. Mussetto, BrunoFebruary 1970 - 13 August 1970
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Amphibious Forces WWII- USS Mountrail APA 213
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