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USS Samaritan (AH-10)

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USS Chaumont (AP-5) (1921 - 1943)
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USAT Chaumont (1920 - 1921)

International Radio Call Signs,
1921 - USS Chaumont (AP-5) NISV Negative - Item - Sail - Vice	WWII - USS Samaritan (AH-10) NXQJ Nan - Xray - Queen - Jig

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Chaumont Class Transport:

Laid down, circa 1919-20, as the Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1024 (Hog Island Type B) Shope at American International Shipbuilding Corp. (AISC), Hog Island Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA.

Launched 31 March 1920

Delivered to the U.S. Shipping Board in November 1920

Transferred to the War Department, 15 December 1920, and assigned to the U.S. Army Transport Service

Renamed Chaumont in honor of the American Expeditionary Force’s headquarters at Chaumont, France in World War I

Decommissioned and transferred “on loan” to the U.S. Navy 3 November 1921

Commissioned USS Chaumont (AP-5), 22 November 1921, LCDR. George H. Emmerson USN in temporary command, CDR. Clarence L. Arnold, USN assumed command, 1 December 1921

Permanently transferred, 6 August 1924, by Executive Order to the U.S. Navy on 7 December 1941

Chaumont was en route to the Philippines as part of the “Pensacola Convoy” resupply mission until ordered to sail to Australia

Decommissioned, 28 August 1943, for conversion to a Hospital Ship

Recommissioned USS Samaritan (AH-10), 1 March 1944

During World War II USS Samaritan (AH-10) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan 24 June to 14 August 1944 Capture and occupation of Guam 15 to 18 August 1944	Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 20 February to 7 March 1945
Western Caroline Islands operation Capture and occupation of Southern Palau Islands Peleliu - 6 September to 14 October 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto 13 April to 25 June 1945

Following World War II USS Samaritan was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 October 1945 to 15 March 1946	19 to 27 March 1946
29 to 30 March 1946

Decommissioned, 25 June 1946, at San Francisco, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS Samaritan earned four battle stars for WWII service

Turned over to the Maritime Commission at Suisun Bay for disposal, 29 August, 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 31 December 1947 for $59,300.00 (PD-X-395 dated 5 September 1947). Withdrawn from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet and delivered Kaiser Co., 19 January 1948

Specifications:
Displacement 12,275 t.(fl)
Length 448'
Beam 58' 3"
Draft 26' (limiting)
Speed 14.5 kts. (trial)

(AH) Complement

Officers 40

Enlisted 366

(AH) Patient capacity 394

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 10,000 Bbls

Diesel 360 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric geared turbine

six Babcock and Wilcox boilers, 200psi Sat.

double General Electric Main Reduction Gear

three 200Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

single propeller, 6,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By/ Source
USS Chaumont (AP-5)
	1102k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** moored pierside at Mare Island Navy Yard in June 1922.	Darryl Baker
	961k		Darryl Baker
	194k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** arriving at San Pedro, CA., circa 1922.	David Wright
	137kk	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** moored pierside at Balboa, Canal Zone, circa 1923. The original post card is post marked at San Diego on 23 October 1923. The sender wrote to his sister in Michigan "am sending you a picture of the buggy I am riding in. I have spent twenty six days on this boat." Photo courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
	119k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** under way in the 1920s. Photo courtesy of CAPT. F. L. Oliver, USN, 1927. US Navy Photo #: NH 55089 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command	Robert Hurst
	117k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** under way during the 1920s. US Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 99602 courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
	67k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** at anchor in the 1920s or 1930s. US Navy Photo #: NH 1375 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	144k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** docked at Balboa, Canal Zone, 14 April 1931, with refugees, American women and children, from the quake-torn city of Managua, Nicaragua	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	280k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** under way with Marines and Sailors on deck in 1934 during fleet maneuvers. Photo by CWO4 Cecil L.Wood USMC	Donald Wood for his father CWO4 Cecil L. Wood USMC
	640k	Newspaper article and photo of *USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** departing San Diego loaded with Marines bound for China. The photo is from 1927 although the article is in reference to a 1932 deployment.	Ron Reeves
	94k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** at anchor, probably in the late 1920s or early 1930s while dressed with flags. US Navy photo # NH 83456 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command	Robert Hurst
	55k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** moored to a landing with troops on deck in the 1920s or 1930s. US Navy Photo #: NH 55090 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	72k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** pierside at Corinto, Nicaragua, in the 1920s or 1930s. US Navy Photo #: NH 55091 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command	Robert Hurst
	63k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** in Chinese waters during the 1930s. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Ulrika Mikel, 1972. US Navy Photo #: NH 76474 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command	Robert Hurst
	152k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** moored pierside, circa the 1930s. The open bridge above the pilot house has been partially enclosed, as in other auxiliaries during the 1930s. Uncropped version of US Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 99601	Jim Kurrasch Battleship Iowa Pacific Battleship Center
09121045	190k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** 1936 Thanksgiving Menu. U Naval History and Heritage Command photo #'s NH 99608-KN and NH 99608-A-KN, collection of of LT. Oscar W. Levy, USN (SC), Retired.	Bob Chanchola
09121046	179k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5) aground off Chingwangtao, China, 16-26 December 1936, with the Chinese Dredger Co., Ltd. tug Fu Ping** alongside.	David Wright
09121047	199k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** aground off Chingwangtao, China, 16-26 December 1936, with an unidentified steam lighter alongside, probably to lighter ship while attempting to refloat the transport.	David Wright
	23k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** departing San Diego, 29 August 1937, loaded with Marines bound for China	James D. McGrew
	25k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** departing San Diego, 29 August 1937, loaded with Marines bound for China	James D. McGrew
	20k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** departing San Diego, 29 August 1937, loaded with Marines bound for China	James D. McGrew
	111k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5) arriving off the Bund at Shanghai, China, with the 6th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps, on 19 September 1927. The Marines had been sent to reinforce the 4th Marine Regiment in guarding the U. S. sector of the International Settlement during the Sino-Japanese war. The tug is either St. Sampson or St. Dominic*. Photo courtesy of Vice Admiral M. L. Deyo, USN (Ret.), 1973. US Navy Photo # NH 77810* from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command	Robert Hurst
	89k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5) arriving at Shanghai, China, with the 6th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps, on 19 September 1937. Assisted by the tugs St. Sampson and St. Dominic*, she is preparing to moor in "Man of War Row" in the Whangpoo (Huangpu) River off the Shanghai Bund. The ships moored in the row include the British cruiser HMS Danae* and sloop HMS Falmouth, the French cruiser *Dumont d'Urville* and sloop *Tahure, and the Italian cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli. The Dutch destroyer Van Galen* is astern of *Chaumont. Photo courtesy of Rear Admiral J. P. Walker, USN (Ret.), 1973. US Navy Photo # NH 77893* from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command	Robert Hurst
	72k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5) mooring in the river at Shanghai, China, 19 September 1937, with men of the 6th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps, on deck. Crewmen of the Italian cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli*, moored just astern, are observing the maneuver. Note the Italian cruiser's truncated conical tower forward superstructure and the jack on her bow. Photo courtesy of Rear Admiral J. P. Walker, USN (Ret.), 1973. US Navy Photo # NH 77892* from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	22k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** departing Manila Bay, 12 October 1937 bound for Shanghai, China.	Chuck White
	169k	Photo of Albert Weigandt F1/c's Souvenir of *USS Chaumont* (AP-5)**'s voyage to the Far East in 1937	James Card QMC USN for his grandfather Albert Weigandt F1/c USS Chaumont, 27 August 1937 to 8 January 1938
	87k	Close-up view of the Weigandt Souvenir of *USS Chaumont* (AP-5)**'s voyage to the Far East in 1937	James Card QMC USN for his grandfather Albert Weigandt F1/c USS Chaumont, 27 August 1937 to 8 January 1938
	70k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5) "seen here in Man of War Row" in the Whangpoo (Huangpu) River, Shanghai, China. The photo was probably taken in late May or early June 1939. Chaumont is moored in the most distant row, ahead of the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni and astern of the French cruiser Lamotte-Picquet*. The merchantman moored in the nearer offshore row include the British SS Shantung* (left) and the Italian SS Enderia (center). The British merchantman SS Yingchow is moored in the distance, beyond *Chaumont's bow. US Navy photo # NH 81988*, collection of Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, 1975, US Naval History and Heritage Command .	Robert Hurst
09121044	392k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** at a Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA. shipyard pier during an availability on or about 2 Aug 1941. Photo by George Strock, Life Magazine. Used for educational and non-commercial purpose.	Dave Schroeder and John Chiquoine
	114k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5) at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 4 October 1941. USS Texas (BB-35) is in the background to the right with USS Dickerson (DD-157)** and another four-piper. The British aircraft carrier in the foreground is probably HMS Illustrious under repair under "Aid Short of War." US National Archives photo # 19-N-25845, a US Navy BUSHIPS photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
	95k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** in harbor, circa 1942. US National Archives photo # 19-N-28034, a US Navy BUSHIPS photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
	177k	*USS Chaumont* (AP-5)** at Kodiak, Alaska, 11 May 1943. Note the new radar mast over the bridge. US National Archives, RG-80-G, Photo No. 80-G-79719 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
USS Samaritan (AH-10)
	799k	Profile of *USS Samaritan* (AH-10), by artist David Ruley. Commissioned by Mike Nelson in memory of his father SKD3 Arthur E Nelson who served in Samaritan** from 1945 until decommissioning in 1946.	Mike Nelson
	73k	*USS Samaritan* (AH-10)** at anchor, 13 March 1945, location unknown. US National Archives photo # 80-G-48663 from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman.	Robert Hurst
	48k	*USS Samaritan* (AH-10)**, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII Web Site
	163k	*USS Samaritan* (AH-10)** drydocked at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, in October 1944. She had damaged her bottom running aground at Tanuu Reef. Note workmen hosing down the ships hull to remove marine life prior to repair work commencing. US National Archives photo # 80-G-314193 from "Hospital Ships of World War 11: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman.	Robert Hurst
09121049	125k	Loading patients aboard *USS Samaritan* (AH-10)** from a samll boat alongside, date and location unknown. FLICKR - Navy Medicine	John Spivey
	82k	Wounded marines brought aboard *USS Samaritan* (AH-10)** waiting on deck for transfer to the ship's wards. The men, picked up at Saipan, were taken to Kwajalein. U.S. National Archives photo # 80-G-288164, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. Photo and text from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman.	Robert Hurst
09121048	253k	*USS Samaritan* (AH-10)** off Iwo Jima, 20 February 1945. In the background are several LSTs, LSMs, LCI(L) types and PCs, with large numbers of landing craft maneuvering in their vicinity. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 104221. Collection of James Edwin Bailey. Donated by his wife, Helen McShane Bailey, 2006.	Robert Hurst
	58k	*USS Samaritan* (AH-10) under way, date and location unknown. Photo by Lowell Reistad, USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE 81)**	Paul Neacsu
	66k	*USS Samaritan* (AH-10)** off Iwo Jima in February 1945. Mount Suribachi is in the background. Beyond the hospital ship are USS LST-755 and USS LST-764 in weathered pattern camouflage. *Samaritan* was painted white with a green hull band and red crosses on sides and funnel. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 99497	Robert Hurst
	68k	*USS Samaritan* (AH-10)** off Iwo Jima in February 1945. USS LSM-46 has just shoved off after delivering wounded Marines to the hospital ship and is returning to the beach to collect additional wounded Marines. Photo was taken from *LSM-46* by Lawrence A. Miller QM2/c.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. for his father in honor of his father Lawrence A. Miller QM2/c USS LSM-46
	183k	*USS Samaritan* (AH-10) elevator in action. This elevator, designed and built by navy crew members, greatly eased loading procedures. The elevator was rigged over the side just aft of the after gangway. It provided easy and gentle handling of wounded from small boats to Samaritan*'s deck at Okinawa and other beaches. U.S. National Archives photo # 80-G-325518*, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. Photo and text from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman.	Robert Hurst
	77k	*USS Samaritan* (AH-10)** under way in San Francisco Bay, CA., between August 1945 and June 1946. US Navy photo # NH 98753, donation of Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN, (Ret), 2003 to the collection of the US Naval History and Heritage Command .	Robert Hurst
	97k	A US Army Nurse and US Navy Hospital Corpsmen at work in the dietary kitchen of *USS Samaritan* (AH-10)*, date unknown. U.S. National Archives photo # 80-G-288162*, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. Photo from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman.	Robert Hurst
	91k	A wounded serviceman being x-rayed on board *USS Samaritan* (AH-10)*, date unknown. U.S. National Archives photo # 80-G-188177*, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. Photo from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman.	Robert Hurst
	89k	Ambulatory patients lounging on the fantail of *USS Samaritan* (AH-10)** in good weather, date unknown. U.S. National Archives photo # 80-G-288166, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. Photo from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman.	Robert Hurst
	103k	A navy nurse updates patients charts at her work station aboard *USS Samaritan* (AH-10)*. Considering the size of the ward, the number of patients, and the small desk, the nurse has her hands full. U.S. National Archives photo # 80-G-288169*, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. Photo and text from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman.	Robert Hurst

USS Chaumont (AP-5) / USS Samaritan (AH-10)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) and
US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 4

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Emmerson, George Harris, USN (USNA 1908)	22 November 1921 - 1 December 1921	AP-5
02	CDR. Arnold, Clarence Lamont, USN (USNA 1900)	1 December 1921 - 16 May 1922	AP-5
03	CDR. Enochs, John Matt, USN (USNA 1901)	16 May 1922 - 3 July 1924	AP-5
04	CDR. Oliver, Frederick Lansing. USN (USNA 1901)	3 July 1924 - 11 November 1925	AP-5
05	CAPT. Blackburn, John Hall, USN (USNA 1902)	21 November 1925 - 1 September 1927	AP-5
06	CAPT. Ghent, Daniel Throckmorton, USN (USNA 1902)	1 September 1927 - 16 August 1928	AP-5
07	CAPT. Puleston, William Dillworth, USN (1902)	16 August 1928 - 1 June 1929	AP-5
08	CAPT. Loomis, Sam Colby, USN (USNA 1903)	1 June 1929 - 9 May 1931	AP-5
09	CAPT. Reichmuth, Ferdinand Louis, USN (USNA 1906)	9 May 1931 - 19 April 1933	AP-5
10	CAPT. Jacobs, Walter Frederick, USN (USNA 1906)	19 April 1933 -12 September 1934	AP-5
11	CAPT. Lewis, John William, USN (USNA 1907)	12 September 1934 - 11 June 1935	AP-5
12	CAPT. Thibault, Louis Francis, USN (USNA 1907)	11 June 1935 - 31 August 1936	AP-5
13	LCDR. Freed, Albert Edward USN	31 August 1936 - 23 September 1936	AP-5
14	CAPT. White, Robert Arnold, USN (USNA 1906)	23 September 1936 -27 March 1937	AP-5
15	CAPT. Thibault, Louis Francis, USN (USNA 1907)	27 March 1937 - 1 April 1937	AP-5
16	CDR. Lindsay, Lemuel Earl, USN (USNA 1909)	1 April 1937 - 6 June 1938	AP-5
17	CAPT. Chandler Jr., William Dwight, USN (USNA 1911)	6 June 1938 - 26 January 1940	AP-5
18	CDR. Kessing, Oliver Owen, USN (USNA 1914)	26 January 1940- 7 November 1941	AP-5
19	CDR. Browne, Davenport, USN (USNA 1917)	7 November 1941 - 28 August 1943	AP-5
	Decommissioned	23 August 1943 - 1 March 1944
01	CDR. Scribner, Charles W.	1 March 1944 - 23 December 1944	AH-10
02	CDR. McCreery, William Albert., USNR	23 December 1944 - 1 January 1945	AH-10
03	LCDR. Uber, Arthur Edward, USNR	1 January 1945 - 14 March 1945	AH-10
04	CDR. McCreery, William Albert, USNR	14 March 1945 - 10 December 1945	AH-10
05	LT. Myers, Arthur Julian, USNR	10 December 1945 - 25 December 1945	AH-10


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