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APA-232 San Saba

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

Haskell Class Attack Transport:

Laid down, 29 September 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV 678) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp. Vancouver WA.

Launched 12 November 1944

Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission under loan-charter

Commissioned USS San Saba (APA-232), 3 December 1944

Decommissioned, 17 December 1946, at San Francisco, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Francisco Group

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1958

Returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Bene cia, CA,

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 6,873 t. (lt) 14,837 t. (fl)
Length 455'
Beam 62'
Speed 19 kts.
Complement 56 Officers 480 Enlisted
Troop Capacity 86 Officers 1,475 Enlisted
Cargo Capacity 150,000 cu. ft, 2,900 tons
Boats 2 LCM, 12 LCVP, 3 LCPU
Armament one 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mount, four twin 40mm gun mounts, ten single 20mm gun mounts
Propulsion 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, single propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	81k	San Saba (APA-232) at anchor, date and place unknown. US Navy photo.		Russ Padden
	130k	San Saba (APA-232) at anchor, date and place unknown. US Navy photo.		Russ Padden

View the San Saba (APA-232)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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