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USS Carlisle (APA-69)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Whiskey - November
 NJWN
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)
Gilliam Class Attack Transport
  • Laid down, 12 May 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC 1862) at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 30 July 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission 28 November 1944
  • Commissioned USS Carlisle (APA-69), 29 November 1944, CDR. Hugh R. Adams in command
  • During World War II USS Carlisle was assigned to th Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    TransRon Nineteen, COMO C.D. Edgar USN (12);
    TransDiv Fifty-Six, CAPT. G.F. Galpin USN (21)
  • Following World War II USS Carlisle was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    19 to 30 November 1945
    18 to 27 January 1946

  • USS Carlisle (APA-69) was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.6 (Target Vessel Group - Merchant Type Units - Transport Division 91 (TRANSDIV 91) for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946
  • Decommissioned at Bikini atoll, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 26 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, sunk, 1 July 1946, by Test Able at Bikini Atoll
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,247 t.(lt), 7,080 t.(fl)
    Length 426'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 16.9'
    Speed 16.9 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 27
    Enlisted 293
    Troop Capacity
    Officers 47
    Enlisted 802
    Cargo Capacity 85,000 cu. ft., 2,600 t.
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA radar-directed gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    NSFO 9,695 Bbls
    Diesel 375 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two Westinghouse turbo-electric drive
    two Babcock & Wilcox 450psi 750° boilers
    Ship's Service Generators
     one turbo-drive 250Kw 450V A.C.
     one turbo-drive 150Kw 450V A.C.
     one turbo-drive 100Kw 120/240V D.C.
    two propellers 6,000shp
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    Carlisle 89k USS Carlisle (APA-69) at anchor, date and location unknown. Tom Law for his father Ellis "Elwood" Law USS Carlisle
    Carlisle
    100306902    		 24k Drawing of the wreck of Ex-USS Carlisle (APA-69) at Bikini Atoll, in 1946. By accident, the Crossroads Able bomb detonated approximately 400 metres off Carlisle's port side. The blast displaced Carlisle approximately 50 metres, toppled the stacks and mainmast, displaced the superstructure to starboard, and damaged the foremast. The ship was first seen in photographs less than three minutes after the burst, smoking heavily amidships. The ship sank unobserved approximately one-half hour after the detonation.
    U.S. Navy photo from: "The Archeology of the Atomic Bomb. A Submerged Cultural Resources Assessment of the Sunken Fleet of Operation Crossroads at Bikini and Kwajalein Atoll Lagoons, U.S. National Park Service, 1991. Chapter 3: Ship's Histories for the Sunken Vessels".    		 Robert Hurst
    Carlisle
    100306903    		 36k Stern of the Ex-USS Carlisle (APA-69) at Bikini Atoll, in 1989, showing the smashed aft deck house and bits.
    "U.S. Navy ROV photo. U.S. National Park Service photo The Archeology of the Atomic Bomb. A Submerged Cultural Resources Assessment of the Sunken Fleet of Operation Crossroads at Bikini and Kwajalein Atoll Lagoons, U.S. National Park Service, 1991. Chapter 4: Site Descriptions".    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Carlisle (APA-69)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR. Adams, Hugh Robert, USNR29 November 1944 - 6 March 1945
    02CDR. Carley, Maurice James, USNR6 March 1945 - 12 December 1945
    03CDR. Love, Robert A., USNR12 December 1945 - 4 April 1946
    03CDR. Goyett, Emanuel, Thomas, USN (USNA 1927)4 April 1946 - ?
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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