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USS Cottle (APA-147)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Quebec - Kilo
NDQK

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

Haskell Class Attack Transport:

Laid down, date unknown, as Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 812) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Co. Inc. Vancouver WA.

Launched, 26 November 1944

Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission and placed in Commission as USS Cottle (APA-147), 14 December 1944, CDR. Philip S. Creasor USN (25) in command

During World War II USS Cottle was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater;
TransRon Twenty-Three, COMO . A.S. Witherspoon;
TransDiv Sixty-Seven

Following World War II USS Cottle was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 15 September to 2 October 1945

Decommissioned, 6 March 1946, at Norfolk VA.

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 11 March 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 20 March 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 9 April 1973, to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp., for $111,560, Removed 4 June 1973

Specifications:
Displacement 6,873 t.(lt) 14,837 t.(fl)
Length 455'
Beam 62'
Draft 24'
Speed 17.7 kts. (trial)

Complement

56 Officers

480 Enlisted

Troop Accommodations

86 Officers

1,475 Enlisted

Largest Boom Capacity 35 t.

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

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

one quad 40mm AA gun mount

ten single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 7,780 bbls

Diesel 970 bbls

Propulsion

one Joshua-Hendy geared turbine

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

double Joshua-Hendy Main Reduction Gears

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

one propeller, 8,500shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
77k	*USS Cottle* (APA-147)** at anchor in San Francisco Bay, between October 1945 and January 1946. US Navy photo # NH 98712 Donated to the US Naval Historical Center by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003.	US Naval Historical Center
253k	*USS Cottle* (APA-147)** crew members, date and location unknown. Ray Pleiman SK3/c, top row second from right.	Steve Franklin
279k	*USS Cottle* (APA-147)** probably Supply Department office, Ray Pleiman SK3/c on left.	Steve Franklin
579k	*USS Cottle* (APA-147)** Plank Owner's Certificate issued to Ray Pleiman SK3/c, USNR.	Steve Franklin

USS Cottle (APA-147)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Creasor, Philip Swanton	14 December 1944 - 18 February 1946
02	CDR. Hantelman, Walter David, USNR	18 February 1946 - 6 March 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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