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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign |
Campaign and Dates |
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Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 5 April 1945 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal |
China Service Medal (extended) |
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25 October to 25 November 1945 | 18 to 21 June 1946 |
25 January to 4 February 1946 | |
11 to 17 June 1946 | |
23 to 26 June 1946 |
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USS Gage (APA-168) |
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189k | USS Russell (DD-414) coming alongside USS
Gage (APA-168) during movement of amphib TG to Okinawa, 31 March 1945.
Photos by LTjg Edwin Klump, USS Russell. |
John Chiquoine | ||
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65k | USS Gage (APA-168) at anchor in San Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46 US Navy photo # NH 83410 contributed to the US Naval Historical Center courtesy of D. M. McPherson, 1975. |
Tom Gonzalez | ||
75k | USS Gage (APA-168) at anchor in San Francisco Bay, probably in 1946 US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 98721 donated to the US Naval Historical Center by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command | ||
MARAD James River Group Reserve Fleet |
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58k | Ex-USS Gage (APA-168) laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., circa 2004. Photo courtesy Russ Padden |
Robert Hurst | ||
89k | From left to right; US Army Corps of Engineers floating nuclear power plant Sturges, exUSS Gage (APA-168) and ex-USNS Range Sentinel (T-AGM-22) laid up in the Maritime Administration National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, 6 April 2009. | Photo by Mike Hibbard | ||
104k | Ex-USS Gage (APA-168) and ex-USNS Range Sentinel (T-AGM-22) as seen from the deck of US Army Corps of Engineers floating nuclear power plant Sturges while, laid up in the Maritime Administration National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, 6 April 2009. | Photo by Mike Hibbard | ||
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150k | Ex-USS Gage (APA-168) laid up in the Maritime Administration National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, 6 April 2009.
100316805 - Bridge area viewed from the forward main deck 100316806 - Deck house from aft 100316807 - Gage and Sturges from the stern of Sturges looking forward 100316808 - Stern and rudder 100316809 - Aft deckhouse 100316810 - Bridge area superstructure from aloft 100316811 - Bow 100316812 - Bow name | Photos by Mike Hibbard | |
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61k | Ex-USS Gage (APA-168) leaves the James River Reserve Fleet on her final voyage to the breakers yard in Brownsville, TX., 23 July 2009. | Nick Tiberio | ||
59k | Ex-USS Gage (APA-168) leaving the James River Reserve Fleet under tow enroute to Esco Marine, Brownsville, TX., 23 July 2009. Photo by E. B. Fletcher, courtesy Russ Padden |
Robert Hurst | ||
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66k | Ex-USS Gage (APA-168) off Newport News, VA. after leaving the James River Reserve Fleet under tow enroute to Esco Marine, Brownsville, TX., 23 July 2009. Photo by Photo by Andrew W. Hendley, USN (Retired), courtesy Russ Padden |
Robert Hurst |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | CDR. Alexanderson, Leroy John, USNR :RADM | 12 December 1944 - 16 September 1945 |
02 | CDR. Midgett, Ellery Clarence, USNR | 16 September 1945 - 21 May 1946 |
03 | CDR. Payne, James Michael, USNR | 21 May 1946 - 10 August 1946 |
04 | LCDR. Larson, Wesley Leonard, USN | 10 August 1946 - 26 February 1947 |
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