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USS Marvin H. McIntyre (APA-129)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - November - Echo
NDNE

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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 - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

During World War II USS Marvin H. McIntyre was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
TransRon Nineteen, COMO. C.D. Edgar;
TransDiv Fifty-Seven, CAPT. G.F. Galpin USN (21) and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 5 April 1945

Following World War II USS Marvin H. McIntyre was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
12 to 26 September 1945	10 to 14 January 1946
26 October to 2 November 1945

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 9 April 1973, to Union Metal and Alloys Corp., (PD-X-956) for $111,560.00, withdrawn from the James River Reserve Fleet , 24 July 1973, to River Development Corp., Kearny, N.J.

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

Complement

Officers 56

Enlisted 480

Troop Accommodations

Officers 86

Enlisted 1,475

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

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

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
100312901	126k	Namesake Marvin Hunter McIntyre was born in LaGrange, Ky., 27 November 1878. Beginning his career in 1905 in journalism, he rose to city editor of The Washington Post. He left this post to become Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy and to serve as a member of the committee on public information and as publicity director, U.S. Navy, 1917-21. He served as publicity representative and business manager for several of Franklin D. Roosevelt's campaigns and was appointed to the Presidential Secretariat in 1933. On 1 July 1937, he was appointed Secretary to the President and remained in that position until his death 13 December 1943, in Washington, D.C.		Tommy Trampp
	278k	USS Marvin H. McIntyre (APA-129), starboard view, 20 November 1944, location unknown. US National Archives photo # 80-G-272767 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.		Michael Mohl
	134k	USS Marvin H. McIntyre (APA-129) at anchor, circa 1945, location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 74301. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1971.		US Naval History and Heritage Command
100312904	201k	Propaganda Leaflet 139-j-1 produced by American forces during war and prior the occupation of Japan. It is post marked USS Marvin H. McIntyre (APA-129), 28 October 1945. Typed very faintly on the leaflet is "Army Occupation Landing Oct. 28, '45. The Bomber Plant City of Nagoya, Hanshu, J. Target of Doolittle's Raid" This leaflet states that the Military clique started the war and now want the civilians to finish it. The official title of the leaflet is “A Candle in the Wind,” a Japanese saying that implies an extremely difficult situation. A Japanese family is digging a foxhole to protect themselves from an approaching storm. Paulownia leaves (an ill omen) are seen swirling about. Some of the text reads: "No longer able to conceal their successive defeats, the military is attempting to put the responsibility for defense on the shoulders of the people by ordering them to fortify their homes. They call upon the people to do what the Army, Navy and Air Force are unable to do. How can civilians perform a task that was too great for the trained fighting forces? When the general attack on the homeland begins, there won’t even be a chance to fight against its overwhelming might. The destruction will be terrible and complete. The people cannot save Japan by sacrificing their cities, their homes and their lives. The only hope for Japan’s future lies in unconditional surrender, enabling the people to return to their peacetime pursuits." Theme: Their country is divided. Disunity exists among the army, navy and air forces; between the civil and military population; and between officers and enlisted men. The second set of leaflets has the word "Newspaper" on them and discusses how America and the allied forces are attacking Japan, the Potsdam Conference and what the Chinese army was doing during this time. Courtesy SGM Herbert A. Friedman USA Ret Psywarrior		Tommy Trampp
100312905	327k
100312906	107k	USS Marvin H. McIntyre (APA-129) arriving at Seattle, WA., 21 November 1945, completing a Magic Carpet voyage. US Navy photo from FLICKR submitted by Tom Brandt		John Spivey

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USS Marvin H. McIntyre (APA-129)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Hourihan, John Joseph USN (USNA 1925) :RADM	28 November 1944 - 6 June 1946

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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Additional Web Sites of Interest
Action Report - Landing of Occupation Forces, Nagasaki Japan, September 1945
MARAD Vessel History Data Base

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