Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

USS LaGrange (APA-124)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Sierra - Yankee
NZSY

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - 13 August 1945) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Personnel Awards

Purple Hearts (21-KIA, 89-WIA Okinawa, 13 August 1945)

Haskell Class Attack Transport:

Laid down, 26 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type, (VC2-S-AP5) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 38) at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington. CA.

Launched, 1 September 1944

Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission, 10 November 1944

Commissioned USS LaGrange (APA-124), 11 November 1944, CAPT. Howard D. McIntosh in command

During WWII USS LaGrange was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
TransRon Seventeen; COMO. T.B. Brittan USN (20);
TransDiv Forty-Nine (flagship) and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 25 April 1945

Decommissioned, 27 October 1945 at San Francisco CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 November 1945

USS LaGrange earned one battle star for World War II service

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 27 October 1945, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Withdrawn from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, 23 August 1955, to Coastwise Line (Repair Program) General Agency Agreement

Returned to the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, 16 November 1975, by Coastwise Line

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 April 1975, to Nicolai Joffe Corp. (PD-X-995 dated 11 March 1975) for $208,489.78, withdrawn from the Suisun Bay National Defense Reserve Fleet, 21 May 1975

Specifications:
Displacement 6,873 t.(lt) 14,837 t.(fl)
Length 455'
Beam 62'
Speed 17.7 kts.

Complement

Officers 99

Enlisted 593

Troop Accommodations

Officers 86

Enlisted 1,475

Cargo Capacity 2,900 DWT

non-refrigerated 150,000 Cu ft

Boats

two LCMs

one open LCPL

one covered LCPL (Captain's Gig)

two LCPRs

eighteen LCVPs

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual-purpose gun mount

one quad 40mm AA gun mount

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

ten single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 7,780 Bbls

Diesel 970 Bbls

Propulsion

one Westinghouse geared turbine

two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 465 psi 750°

double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears

three 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

one propeller, 8,500 shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	211k	*USS LaGrange* (APA-124)** commissioning ceremony, 11 November 1944, at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington. CA.		David Wright
	179k	*USS LaGrange* (APA-124)** at anchor, date and location unknown.		Rich Arment

USS LaGrange (APA-124)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. McIntosh, Howard Douglas, USNR	11 November 1944 - 28 July 1945
02	CDR. Tambling, Preston Schuyler, USN (USNA 1922)	28 July 1945 - 27 October 1945


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

Back To The Navsource Photo Archives Main Page

Back To The Amphibious Ship Type Index

Back To The Attack Transport (APA) Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.

This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo

Last Updated 9 August 2019