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USS Audubon (APA-149)

/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Quebec - Romeo
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

Haskell Class Attack Transport:

Laid down, 21 October 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 814) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Co. Inc. Vancouver, WA.

Launched, 3 December 1944

Delivered by her builder to the War Shipping Administration, 19 December 1944

Acquired by the US Navy and commissioned USS Audubon (APA-149), 20 December 1944, CAPT. John F. Goodwin USN (25) in command

During World War II, USS Audubon was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
TransRon Twenty-Three, COMO. A. S. Witherspoon;
TransDiv Sixty-Nine CAPT. P. R. Glutting USN (16) and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 to 30 April 1945

Decommissioned, 19 February 1946, at Norfolk, VA.

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 28 February 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 9 April 1973, by the Maritime Administration to Union Metals and Alloys Corp. New York, N.Y., delivered 29 May 1973

USS Audubon earned one battle star for her World War II service

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

Complement

56 Officers

480 Enlisted

Troop Accommodations

86 Officers

1,475 Enlisted

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 singled 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

ten single 20mm AA gun mounts

Propulsion

one Joshua Hendy geared turbine

two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers

double Joshua Hendy Main Reduction Gears

single propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
62k	*USS Audubon* (APA-149)** Boat Group Officers, December 1944. Photo courtesy of the USS Audubon crew files.	Robert Hurst
23k	*USS Audubon* (APA-149)** landing craft during maneuvers, February 1945. Photo courtesy of the USS Audubon crew files.	Robert Hurst
112k	*USS Audubon* (APA-149)** in floating dry dock USS ABSD-5, at Guiuan, Samar, August 1945. Photo courtesy of the USS Audubon crew files.	Robert Hurst
67k	One of *USS Audubon* (APA-149)**'s LCMs heads towards Guiuan, Samar, 22 September 1945. Photo courtesy of the USS Audubon crew files.	Robert Hurst
77k	*USS Audubon* (APA-149)** anchored in San Francisco Bay, between October 1945 and January 1946. US Navy photo # NH 98704 donated to the US Naval Historical Center by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003.	US Naval Historical Center
45k	*USS Audubon* (APA-149)** navigator, LT. Lakusta, on the bridge using a sextant. Photo courtesy of the USS Audubon crew files.	Robert Hurst

USS Audubon (APA-149)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Goodwin, John Frohock	20 December 1944 - 19 February 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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