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USS Crenshaw (APA-76)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Oscar - Echo
 NKOE
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
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Gilliam Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down, circa April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE-BD1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1869) at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 27 October 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 3 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS Crenshaw (APA-76), 4 January 1945, CDR. William B. Studley Jr. in command
  • During World War II USS Crenshaw was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II USS Crenshaw was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East from 2 September to 27 November 1945
  • Decommissioned, 19 April 1946 at Seattle WA
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946
  • Transferred, 30 June 1946, to the War Department at Olympia, WA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 24 January 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 1 December 1964, (PD-X-680) dated 9 November 1964, to Zidell Explorations Inc. for $78, 889.98, Withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet and delivered to her buyer, Zidell Explorations Inc., 22 December 1964
    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 2,600 DWT
    non-refrigerated 85,000 cu. ft.
    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 Capacities
    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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    Crenshaw 89k USS Crenshaw (APA-76) off Okinawa, circa July-August 1945 Al Kambestad
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    Crenshaw 238k USS Crenshaw (APA-76) arriving at Tacoma, WA., 11 December 1945 with returning troops embarked at Nagoya, Japan, 27 November 1945. Hank Zaletel/Photolibrarian/Flickr
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    USS Crenshaw(APA-76)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR Studley Jr., William Burns4 January 1945 - 30 December 1945
    02CAPT. MacMillan, Duncan Calvin :RADMDecember 1945 - 19 April 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and R. A. Moody
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Web Sites of Interest
    MARAD Vessel History Data Base
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