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USS General George M. Randall (AP-115)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Lima - Quebec NJLQ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon)
Fourth Row - Philippine Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

USS General George M. Randall was manned by the US Coast Guard during WWII

General John Pope Class Transport:

Laid down, 20 July 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (P2-S2-R2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 673) at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.

Launched, 30 January 1944

Commissioned USS General George M. Randall (AP-115), 15 March 1944, CAPT. Carl C. von Paulsen, USCG, in command

During World War II USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) operated in both the Europe-Africa-Middle East and the Asiatic-Pacific Theaters

Following World War II USS General George M. Randall was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
27 October to 3 November 1945	24 March to 16 April 1946
6 to 11 December 1945	28 September to 8 October 1946
28 to 30 July 1946	27 May to 4 June 1948
21 to 27 September 1946	30 to 31 March 1954
9 to 10 October 1946
23 to 26 May 1948
25 to 30 September 1948

Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) in October 1949

Decommissioned, 2 June 1961, at Bayonne, N.J.

Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 16 August 1961, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1962

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 8 May 1975, for $687,000 and scrapped in Taiwan

Specifications:
Displacement 11,450 t.(lt) 20,175 t.(fl)
Length 622' 7"
Beam 75' 6"
Draft 25' 6"
Speed 20.6 kts.

Complement

Officers 45

Enlisted 459

Troop Capacity

Officers 393

Enlisted 4,876

Cargo Capacity 2,700 DWT

non-refrigerated 145,000 Cu ft.

Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.

Armament

four single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40MM AA gun mounts

sixteen 1.1" AA gun mounts replaced by twenty single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacity

NSFO 19,600

Diesel 410 Bbls

Propulsion

two De Laval Turbines

four Foster & Wheeler D-type boilers, 465psi 763°

double De Laval Main Reduction Gears

four 400Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

twin propellers, 8,500shp

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS General George M. Randall (AP-115)
	134k	*Namesake* George Morton Randall, born 8 October 1841 at Conneaut, Ohio, enlisted as a private in the 4th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the fall of 1861. He served in New York and Washington, and in the field with the Army of Potomac. Brevetted Captain for gallant service in the Battle of Antietam, he was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel, then Colonel for gallantry in the attack on Fort Stedman. Va. After fighting Indians on the southwestern frontier, he served with the Big Horn, Yellowstone, and Powder expeditions against Indians in the Rockies. General Randall subsequently was on duty at New York and Knoxville, Tenn., prior to commanding the Department of Luzon in the Philippines from 1903 to 1905. After further duty at St. Louis, General Randall retired 8 October 1905 and died 14 June 1918 at Denver, Colo. Digital ID: cwpb 04974 Source: Library of Congress Prints	Bill Gonyo
	69k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** underway in 1944, location unknown. Note camouflage scheme measure 32/10T. US Navy photo Photo by US Army Air Corps Second Weather Squadron	Courtesy, Chuck Ulrich, coordinator/historian AP Transport Group and Dave Way Historian / Artifact Collections Pacific Battleship Center \| National Museum of the Surface Navy at the Battleship IOWA
092211524	192k
092211520	689k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** underway, 26 April 1944. Photo by a ZP-12 squadron airship operating from NAS Lakehurst, N.J.	Mike Green
092211531	163k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** at anchor, date and location unknown. MARAD
	79k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** under way in 1945, location unknown. US Navy photo.	Courtesy, Chuck Ulrich, coordinator/historian AP Transport Group
092211530	365k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** entering San Francisco Bay. Note the Marin headland in the background and the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, bottom right corner of the photo. US Navy photo from the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum	Darryl Baker
	146k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** probably arriving at the Fort Mason piers, San Francisco ,CA.,date unknown	David Wright
	290k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** under way, date and location unknown.	Mike Wade
	885k	Aerial view of ships berthed at Mare Island, 8 February 1946. Left (inboard to outboard): USS LST-1134, USS LST-828, USS LST-1088, USS LST-1120 and *YOS-1. Right (inboard to outboard): USS General William Mitchell* (AP-114), USS General G. M. Randall (AP-115), YD-33 and what appears to be YC-293**.	Darryl Baker
	260k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** while berthed at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 19, February 19, 1946. US Navy photos - File name: AP 115 734-46, Navy Photo, 2/19/46 from the collections of the Vallejo Naval and History Museum.	Darryl Baker
	372k		Darryl Baker
092211521	161k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** underway leaving Mare Island Navy Yard, 20 February 1946. US Navy Yard Mare Island photo series 753-46 now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dirk Dijksman
092211523	158k		Dirk Dijksman
092211525	212k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** underway outbound to sea passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA., date unknown. U.S. Navy - Military Sea Transportation System (MSTS) photo	Nicholas Tiberio
	57k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** at and under way near Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 4 April 1947, where she was refitted and reconditioned for transportation of troops and their families to and from overseas stations. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection	Mike Green
	55k		Mike Green
	84k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** docked at Naval Supply Center Oakland, CA. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, May 1949	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	84k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** docked at Yokosuka, Japan, circa 1950. Photo by Clifford E. Bartysal, MNCM USN (Ret.)	Derick S. Hartshorn
	94k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** departs Yokohama, Japan with the first Korean War dead to be returned to the United States., 11 March 1951 US National Archives photo 80-G-427104, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
	74k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** departs Yokohama, Japan, with the first Korean War dead to be returned to the United States. Photo dated 11 March 1951. Photographed by C. K. Rose. Note Armed Services honor guards in attendance, Army Band, and press area at left. US National Archives photo 80-G-427106, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
	257k	The City of Oakland Fireboat (ex-Hoga YT-146) greets *USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115) as she arrives at Oakland, CA., 22 March 1951, with 1,500 Marines on rotation from the Korean battlefields. Randall** also returned the remains of the first 57 Korean War dead. Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum file: AP 115 34X1-3-51	Darryl Baker
	553k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115) moored at Oakland, CA., 22 March 1951. The 1,500 returning Marines were transported to Naval Base Treasure Island via the fleet of civilian convertible autos seen to the right. C&GSS Pioneer (OSS-31) (Ex USSMobjack (AGP-7)** is seen in the upper portion of the photo. Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum file: AP 115 34X2-3-51	Darryl Baker
092211529	510k	A Collage of photos taken, 22 March 1951, upon arrival *USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** at the US Army Terminal Oakland, CA. celebrating the return the 1,500 returning Marines of the 1st Marine Division returning to the United States from the Korean battlefields.	Deborah McCabe
	43k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** underway, date and location unknown.	Keith Fannon
092211522	203k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** underway Date and location unknown US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Keith Fannon, courtesy Dirk Dijksman
092211526	246k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** underway, date unknown and location unknown. U.S. Navy - Military Sea Transportation System (MSTS) photo	Nicholas Tiberio
092211527	236k		Nicholas Tiberio
092211528	282k
	51k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany in October 1957.	George Clough
	372k	*USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** moored at Bremerhaven, Germany, 1 October 1958, with arriving US Army troops .- including Elvis Presley. The ship arrived there on Oct. 1st, 1958.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
092211519	263k	The cover and two pages from the *USS General George M. Randall* (AP-115)** booklet "This is the Ship I Sailed On"	Tommy Trampp

USS General George M Randall (AP-115)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Von Paulsen, Carl Christian, USCG	15 March 1944 - April 1945
02	CAPT. Baker, Lee Hammond, USCG	April 1945 - 25 September 1945
03	CAPT. Belford, Howard Graef, USCG	25 September 1945 - 31 January 1946
04	CAPT. Chapman, Joseph Ellsworth, USN (USNA 1923)	31 January 1946 - October 1946
05	CAPT. Coulter, Howard Nixon	October 1946 - October 1947
06	CAPT. Cravens, Eugene Donald	no dates
07	CAPT. Thorington, Alexander Clark, USN (USNA 1925)	1950 - 1951
08	CAPT. O'Daniel, Orville Kenneth, USN (USNA 1926)	1951 - 1952
09	CDR. Latimer, Clement Thomas	1952 - 1952 - 1953
10	CAPT. Kusebauch, Alexander	1954 - 1956
11	CAPT. Harris, Morgan Hamilton, USN	10 May 1957 - April 1958
12	CAPT. Knapper, John Kelley	15 January 1960 - October 1960


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
MARAD Vessel History Database
Shipboard Newspaper "Randall Rambler" Vol. 1 No. 6 at sea, May 30, 1944

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