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DE-70 / APD-49 Joseph E Campbell


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Alpha - Lima
 NQAL
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row- World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 29 March 1943, as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham MA.
  • Launched 26 June 1943
  • Commissioned USS Joseph E. Campbell (DE-70), 23 September 1943, LCDR. J. F. Bowling, in command
  • Converted to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport at New York
  • Redesignated (APD-49) 24 November 1944
  • During World War II Joseph E. Campbell was assigned to both the European and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters and participated in the following campaign;
  • Decommissioned 15 November 1946
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Sold to Chile in November 1966
  • Struck from the Naval Register 1 December 1966
  • Renamed Riquelme (APD-28), never saw active service
  • Final Disposition, used as a spare parts hulk
  • Joseph E. Campbell earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,400 t.
    Length 306' ovl.
    Beam 37"
    Draft 12' 7" (limiting)
    Speed 23.6 kts. (trial)
    Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts.
    Complement 12-15 Officers, 189-192 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations 12 Officers, 150 Enlisted
    Boats 4 LCVP landing craft
    Troop Accoutrements
    six 1/4 ton trucks
    two 1 ton trucks
    four ammunition carts
    four pack howitzers
    Storage
    Ammunition 6,000 cu. ft.
    General Cargo 3,500 cu. ft.
    Gasoline 1,000 cu. ft.
    Armament
    one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    three twin 40 mm gun mounts
    six single 20 mm gun mounts
    two depth charge tracks
    Propulsion 2 Combustion Engineering DR boilers, 2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), 2 shafts, Shaft horsepower 12,000
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    Joseph E. Campbell 57k Joseph E. Campbell (APD-48) at anchor, date and location unknown. Paul Rebold
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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