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USS Accomac (APB-49)
ex
 USS LST-710 (1944 - 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Romeo - Romeo
 NFRR
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 13 May 1944, at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched, 28 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-710, 24 July 1944
  • During World War II USS LST-710 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landing, January 1945
  • Redesignated a Benawah Class Self-propelled Barracks Ship and named USS Accomac (APB-49), 1 August 1945
  • Following World War II USS Accomac (APB-49) performed occupation duty in the Far East until 3 March 1946
  • Decommissioned, 9 August 1946, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 7 December 1959, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., New York City, N.Y.
  • USS Accomac (APB-49) earned one battle star for World War II service as USS LST-710
    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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    Accomac 32k USS Accomac (APB-49) at anchor in Tokyo Bay, 1945. John D. Whiteshirt USN 1945-46
    Accomac 114k USS Accomac (APB-49) in reserve in the 1950s. The photo was copied from ther brochure that offered the ship for sale for scrap, and the text on the other side of the page has bled through into the photograph. It is possible, however, to make out two quonset huts on deck, one long and one short, and six Welin davits. The 40mm quadruple mounts at bow and stern are cocooned, and the ship may be under tow backwards.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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