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USS Marlboro (APB-38)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Benawah Class Self-propelled Barracks Ship
  • Authorized, 17 December 1943, as Barracks Ship (non-self propeller) APL-38
  • Reclassified Barracks Ship (self-propelled) APB-38, 8 August 1944
  • Laid down, 25 August 1944 at Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston MA.
  • Launched, 17 November 1944
  • Commissioned USS Marlboro (APB-38), 18 August 1945
  • Decommissioned, January 1947, at Green Cove Springs FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, St John's River FL.
  • Struck from the Naval Register 1 December 1963
  • Final Disposition, scrapped
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,189 t.
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 160
    Troop Capacity 990
    Armament
    two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    two quad 40mm AA gun mounts
    twenty .50 and .30 cal machine guns
    Propulsion 2 General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Marlboro 166k USS Marlboro (APB-38) and USS Mercer (APB-39) under construction at Boston Navy Yard, 3 January 1945. Note the two-level superstructure running nearly the entire length of the ships with the pilot house on top forward.
    US Navy Yard Boston photo # 40-45 NYBos from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
    Marlboro 81k USS Marlboro (APB-38) underway near Boston Navy Yard, 27 August 1945, shortly after commissioning. Note the quadruple 40mm mounts at the bow and stern and the lifeboats in their davits.
    US National Archives photos # 19-N-87444, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst
    Marlboro 35k USS Marlboro (APB-38) at anchor, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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