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USS Haines (APD-84)
ex
 USS Haines (DE-792) (1943 - 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Juliet - Alpha
 NZJA
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 (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Buckley Class Destroyer Escort / Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, date unknown, as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Orange TX.
  • Launched 26 August 1943
  • Commissioned USS Haines (DE-792), 27 December 1943, LCDR. Elmer C. Powell in command.
  • Converted to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport at Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y.
  • Redesignated (APD-84), 1 March 1945
  • During World War II USS Haines was assigned to both the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Southern France, August and September 1944
  • Decommissioned 29 April 1946 at Green Cove Springs FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Flee Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Struck from the Naval Register 1 June 1960
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 19 May 1961 to North American Smelting Co., Wilmington DE.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,400 t.
    Length 306' (oa)
    Beam 36' 10"
    Draft 13' 6" (max)
    Speed 24 kts.
    Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts.
    Complement 186
    Troop Capacity 162
    Boats four LCVP landing craft
    Armament
    one 5"/38 MK30 dual purpose gun mount
    six twin 40mm MK1 AA gun mounts
    six single 20mm Mk4 AA gun mounts
    two MK9 depth charge release tracks
    Propulsion
    two GE turbines, (turbo-electric drive)
    2 D-type Express boilers
    two propellers, 12,000shp
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    Haines 62k USS Haines (APD-84) at anchor off Kushimoto, Japan, November 1945. Paul Holman for his father CM3 James Creth Holman USS Haines
    Haines 183k USS Haines (APD-84) partial crew photo, date and location unknown. Paul Holman for his father CM3 James Creth Holman USS Haines
    Haines 33k USS Haines (APD-84) crew photos, date and location unknown. Paul Holman for his father CM3 James Creth Holman USS Haines
    Haines 31k
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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