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USS Appanoose (AK-226)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Uniform - Echo
NXUE

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal

Crater Class Cargo Ship

Laid down, 20 June 1944, as SS A.J. Cassatt, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 2662) at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore MD.

Launched, 27 July 1944

Acquired by the US Navy, 10 August 1944

Commissioned USS Appanoose (AK-226), 26 September 1944, LCDR. Volmer H. S. G. Holm, USNR in command

During World War II USS Appanoose was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 3 May to 30 June 1945

Decommissioned, 26 November 1945, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA. and turned over to the

War Shipping Administration (WSA) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1945

USS Appanoose (AK-226) earned one battle star for World War II service

Merchant Service

Sold to Fordom Trading Co, N.Y., November 1947, for Cia de Operaciones Maritimas SA, Panama RP - renamed SS Santa Ana - reflagged Panamanian.

Sold to Cia Nav San Maritine SA, Panama RP in 1951- name retained - Panamanian flagged

Sold to San Martin Cia de Nav SA, 1952, - name retained - Panamanian flagged

1958 managed by Cargo & Tankship Management Corp, N.Y.

1961 managed by Santa Maria Shipowning & Trading Co (Bermuda) Ltd - name retained.

Arrived Yokohama, 4 November 1964, in tow after losing propeller while bound from Osaka to Portland, OR.

Sold to Japanese breakers - arrived Yokosuka about 23 December 1964

Final Disposition, scrapped in January 1965

Specifications:
Displacement 4,023 t.(lt) 14,550 t.(fl)
Length 441' 6"
Beam 56' 11"
Draft 28' 4"
Speed 12.5 kts. (trial)

Complement

Officers 18

Enlisted 191

Cargo Capacity 7,160DWT

non-refrigerated 451,000 Cu ft.

Largest Boom Capacity 35 t.

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount

two single 40mm AA gun mounts

six single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 13,500 Bbls

Diesel 2,010 bbls

Propulsion

one General Machinery Corp. Hamilton, OH. vertical tripe-expansion steam engine

two Babcock & Wheeler header-type boilers, 220psi 450° Ship's Service Generators
one turbo-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.
three recip-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.

single propeller, 2,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service
	417k	SS A. J. Cassatt on delivery from Bethlehem-Fairfield in August 1944. US Navy photo.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	81k	Ex-*USS Appanoose* (AK-226)** in merchant service as SS Santa Ana underway, date and place unknown.	David Nixon
	429k	SS Santa Ana departing Vancouver, BC, circa 1950s Photo ©F. R. Sherlock.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus

USS Appanoose (AK-226)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Holm, Volmer H. S. G,, USNR	26 September 1944 - 26 November 1945


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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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