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APA / LPA-239 Glynn


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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
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Haskell Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV 863) at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 23 August 1945
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission under loan-charter
  • Commissioned USS Glynn (APA-239), 17 October 1945, CDR. Ben Koerner, USNR, command
  • Decommissioned, 12 December 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Recommissioned, 3 March 1951, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Decommissioned, 9 September 1955, at Charleston, S.C.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 15 March 1960, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
  • Redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA-239), 1 January 1969
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by MARAD, 1 August 1983, 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 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 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 1 propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500
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    Glynn 139k Glynn (APA-239) at anchor, date and location unknown. Frank Gahl in memory of his father Leonard Gahl S1/c USS Glynn 1945-46.
    LSM-250 184k Glynn (APA-239) is forward of this stern view of LSM 250 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard., circa 14 June to 31 August 1946. Fremont (APA-44) is on the left and ATA 186 is to the right LSM-250.
    US Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3030-46, dated 22 August 1946    		 Darryl Baker
    Glynn 1555k Glynn (APA-239) at anchor, circa 1950s, location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 David Buell
    Glynn 1497k Glynn (APA-239) at anchor, circa 1950s, location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 David Buell
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