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USS Effingham (APA-165)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Tango - Echo
NDTE

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

Haskell Class Attack Transport:

Laid down, date unknown, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 131) at Oregon Shipbuilding Group, Portland OR.

Launched, 29 September 1944

Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission at Astoria, OR., 31 October 1944

Commissioned USS Effingham (APA-165), 1 November 1944, CDR. Clayton H. McLaughlin, USNR, in command

During World War II USS Effingham was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
TransRon Eighteen COMO. J.G. Moyer USN (14);
TransDiv Fifty-Four, CAPT. J.R. Lannom USN (19), and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Okinawa Gunto operations Assault an occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 7 April 1945

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

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 September to 11 October 1945	18 to 22 November 1945
20 to 28 January 1946	24 January to 10 February 1946

Decommissioned, 17 May 1946 at Norfolk VA.

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 20 May 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

USS Effingham (APA-165) earned one battle star for World War II service

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 9 April 1973, to Union Minerals & Alloys (PD-X-956) for $111,560.00, withdrawn from the James River Reserve Fleet, 27 September 1973

Specifications:
Displacement 6,873 t.(lt) 14,837 t.(fl)
Length 455'
Beam 62'
Draft 24'
Speed 19 kts.

Complement

56 Officers

480 Enlisted

Troop Accommodations

80 Officers

1,440 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 single 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

one quad 40mm AA gun mount

ten single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 7,780 Bbls

Diesel 970 Bbls

Propulsion

one Westinghouse geared turbine

two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers 465psi 750°

three 300Kw 120V/240V DC Ship's Service Generators

one propeller, design shaft horsepower 8,500

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	110k	*USS Effingham* (APA-165)** at anchor, date and location unknown.		Capt Jerry Mason, USN
	167k	*USS Effingham* (APA-165)** under way, circa 1945, location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 83479. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1975.		US Naval History and Heritage Command

USS Effingham (APA-165)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. McLaughlin, Clayton H. USNR	1 November 1944 - December 1945
02	CAPT. Walker, Edward Keith USN (25) :RADM	December 1945 - 17 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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MARAD Vessel History Data Base

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