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Contributed by Michael Guerin in memory of my father, Daniel Guerin USS Rockingham

USS Rockingham (LPA-229)
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 USS Rockingham (APA-229) (1944 - 1969)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Sierra - Echo
 NPSE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon- American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Haskell Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, 11 September 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 675) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp. Vancouver WA.
  • Launched, 1 November 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission on loan-charter
  • Commissioned USS Rockingham (APA-229), 11 November 1944, at Astoria OR. CDR. Hans Hanley, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS Rockingham 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 April to 4 May 1945
  • Decommissioned, 17 March 1947 at San Francisco CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Francisco Group
  • Transferred to the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, 18 June 1953
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1958
  • Custody returned to the Maritime Administration, 26 September 1958, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria OR
  • Reassigned, 29 August 1967, to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA-229), 1 January 1969
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by MARAD, 19 November 1979, sold for scrapping to Nissho-American Corp., at Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • USS Rockingham earned one battle star 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 LCMs
    twelve LCVPs
    three LCPUs
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    one Westinghouse geared turbine
    two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers
    single propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    Rockingham 45k USS Rockingham (APA-229) at Pearl Harbor, circa 1945. Michael Guerin for his father Daniel Guerin, Upland CA.
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