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USS Colleton (APB-36)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom,left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (2)
Second Row - Presidential Unit Citation (2) - Navy Unit Commendation (2) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Vietnam Service Medal (8) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (3) - Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Personnel Awards

Purple Heart: (1 KIA SN Edward N. Barr)

Benawah Class Self-propelled Barracks Ship:

Authorized, 17 December 1943, as Barracks Ship (non-self propeller) APL-36

Reclassified Barracks Ship (self-propelled) APB-36, 8 August 1944

Laid down, 9 June 1945 at Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston MA.

Launched, 30 July 1945

Completed in September 1945 and placed in reserve

Commissioned USS Colleton (APB-36), 28 January 1967, at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, LCDR. F. R. Banbury, in command

During the Vietnam War USS Colleton participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 30 April to 31 May 1967	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V 1 July to 5 October 1968
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III 1 June to 19 December 1967 18 to 29 January 1968	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI 19 December 1968 to 22 February 1969
Tet Counteroffensive 30 January to 21 February 1968 1 to 21 March 1968 28 March to 1 April 1968	Tet/69 Counteroffensive 23 February to 8 June 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV 2 April 68 to 30 June 68	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 9 to 22 June 1969

Decommissioned December 1969

Struck from the Naval Register, 6 January 1973

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 6 January 1973, for $172.226.62, to American Ship Dismantler's Inc., Portland OR.

Specifications:
Displacement 4,000 t.
Length 328'
Beam 50'
Draft 11' 2"
Speed 12 kts.
Complement

Officers 12

Enlisted 129
Troop Accommodation

Officers 26

Enlisted 1200
Armament

two quad 40mm AA gun mounts

twenty .50 and .30 cal machine guns
Fuel Capacity

Diesel 2,975 Bbls
Propulsion

two General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines

double Falk Main Reduction Gears

five Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V/240V Ship's Service Generators

twin rudders

two propellers, 1,600shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
18k	*USS Colleton* (APB-36)**at anchor in the Mekong Delta in 1967	MRFA
77k	*USS Colleton* (APB-36)** at anchor in Vietnam circa 1967.	Bruce Schulze MRFA
124k	*USS Colleton* (APB-36)** at anchor in the Mekong Delta, South Vietnam, with 12 riverine craft alongside, circa 1967-68. US navy photo from "All Hands" Magazine, September 1968, photo by PH1 Ed Stinton.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

USS Colleton (APB-36)
DANFS history on the Mobile Riverine Force Association

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Banbury, F.R.	28 January 1967 - 22 February 1968
02	Alderson Jr., Donald M.	22 February 1968 - December 1969


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Mobile Riverine Force Association
Brownwater Navy in Vietnam Web Book
The USS Colleton (APB-36) in Vietnam

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