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USS Schmitt (APD-76)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Yankee - Romeo
 NKYR
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)- World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS Schmitt (APD-76) was transferred to the Republic of China and renamed ROCS Lung Shan (PF-44)
Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 22 Feb 1943 as (DE-676) a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co, Quincy, MA.
  • Launched, 29 May 1943
  • Commissioned USS Schmitt (DE-676), 24 July 1943, LCDR. T. D. Cunningham in command
  • Converted to a High Speed Transport and redesignated (APD 76), 3 April 1945
  • During World War II USS Schmitt was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign;
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Borneo operation
    Balikpapan operation, 23 June to 3 July 1945
  • Following World War II USS Schmitt performed occupation duty in the Far East, 20 to 27 September 1945
  • Decommissioned, 28 June 1949
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1967
  • Transferred under the Military Assistance Program, to Taiwan 24 February 1969, renamed ROCS Lung Shan (PF-44)
  • Final Disposition, struck by the Taiwanese Navy and broken up for scrap in 1976
  • USS Schmitt received one battle star for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,400 t.
    Length 306'
    Beam 37'
    Draft 13' 6"
    Speed 23.6 kts. (trial)
    Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts.
    Complement 213
    Troop Accommodations 12 Officers, 150 Enlisted
    Boats 4 LCVP landing craft
    Troop Accoutrements
    6 1/4-ton trucks
    2 1-ton trucks
    4 ammunition carts
    4 pack howitzers
    Storage
    Ammunition 6,000 cu. ft.
    General Cargo 3,500 cu. ft.
    Gasoline 1,000 cu. ft.
    Armament
    3 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    4 40 mm guns
    4 1.1" guns
    10 20 mm gun mounts
    2 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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    Schmitt 15k USS Schmitt (APD-76) underway in the Atlantic Ocean in April 1945. Peter Fernandez for his father LTjg Joseph A. Fernandez Jr. USS Schmitt
    Schmitt 83k USS Schmitt (APD-76) underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 9 April 1945, following conversion to a high-speed transport. She is painted in a Camouflage Measure 31 green color design.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-453445, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Tracy White
    Schmitt 108k USS Schmitt (APD-76) taking on ammo from USS Wasatch (AGC-9) at Morotai, date unknown. Peter Fernandez for his father LTjg Joseph A. Fernandez Jr. USS Schmitt
    Schmitt 75k USS Schmitt (APD-76) anchored at Sasebo, Japan, circa September 1945. Peter Fernandez for his father ">LTjg Joseph A. Fernandez Jr. USS Schmitt
    Schmitt 64k USS Schmitt (APD-76) lowering an LCPR while anchored at Sasebo, Japan, circa 20 September 1945. Peter Fernandez for his father LTjg Joseph A. Fernandez Jr. USS Schmitt
    Schmitt 69k USS Schmitt (APD-76) lowering an LCPR while anchored at Sasebo, Japan, circa 20 September 1945. Peter Fernandez for his father LTjg Joseph A. Fernandez Jr. USS Schmitt
    Schmitt 69k USS Schmitt (APD-76) at anchor, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    Schmitt 44k USS Schmitt (APD-76) at anchor, date and location unknown. Peter Fernandez for his father LTjg Joseph A. Fernandez Jr. USS Schmitt
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