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USS General George M. Randall (AP-115)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Lima - Quebec
NJLQ
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 - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon)
Fourth Row - Philippine Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)



USS General George M. Randall was manned by the US Coast Guard during WWII
General John Pope Class Transport:
  • Laid down, 20 July 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (P2-S2-R2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 673) at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.
  • Launched, 30 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS General George M. Randall (AP-115), 15 March 1944, CAPT. Carl C. von Paulsen, USCG, in command
  • During World War II USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) operated in both the Europe-Africa-Middle East and the Asiatic-Pacific Theaters
  • Following World War II USS General George M. Randall was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal

    China Service Medal (extended)
    27 October to 3 November 194524 March to 16 April 1946
    6 to 11 December 194528 September to 8 October 1946
    28 to 30 July 194627 May to 4 June 1948
    21 to 27 September 194630 to 31 March 1954
    9 to 10 October 1946 
    23 to 26 May 1948 
    25 to 30 September 1948 

  • Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) in October 1949
  • Decommissioned, 2 June 1961, at Bayonne, N.J.
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 16 August 1961, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1962
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 8 May 1975, for $687,000 and scrapped in Taiwan
    Specifications:
    Displacement 11,450 t.(lt) 20,175 t.(fl)
    Length 622' 7"
    Beam 75' 6"
    Draft 25' 6"
    Speed 20.6 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 45
    Enlisted 459
    Troop Capacity
    Officers 393
    Enlisted 4,876
    Cargo Capacity 2,700 DWT
    non-refrigerated 145,000 Cu ft.
    Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
    Armament
    four single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    four twin 40MM AA gun mounts
    sixteen 1.1" AA gun mounts replaced by twenty single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    NSFO 19,600
    Diesel 410 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two De Laval Turbines
    four Foster & Wheeler D-type boilers, 465psi 763°
    double De Laval Main Reduction Gears
    four 400Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    twin propellers, 8,500shp


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    USS General George M. Randall (AP-115)
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    Namesake

    George Morton Randall, born 8 October 1841 at Conneaut, Ohio, enlisted as a private in the 4th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the fall of 1861. He served in New York and Washington, and in the field with the Army of Potomac. Brevetted Captain for gallant service in the Battle of Antietam, he was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel, then Colonel for gallantry in the attack on Fort Stedman. Va. After fighting Indians on the southwestern frontier, he served with the Big Horn, Yellowstone, and Powder expeditions against Indians in the Rockies. General Randall subsequently was on duty at New York and Knoxville, Tenn., prior to commanding the Department of Luzon in the Philippines from 1903 to 1905. After further duty at St. Louis, General Randall retired 8 October 1905 and died 14 June 1918 at Denver, Colo.
    Digital ID: cwpb 04974 Source: Library of Congress Prints
    Bill Gonyo
    General George M Randall 69k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) underway in 1944, location unknown. Note camouflage scheme measure 32/10T.
    US Navy photo
    Photo by US Army Air Corps Second Weather Squadron
    Courtesy, Chuck Ulrich, coordinator/historian AP Transport Group and
    Dave Way Historian / Artifact Collections Pacific Battleship Center | National Museum of the Surface Navy at the Battleship IOWA
    General George M Randall
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    General George M Randall
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    689k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) underway, 26 April 1944. Photo by a ZP-12 squadron airship operating from NAS Lakehurst, N.J. Mike Green
    General George M.Randall
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    163k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    MARAD
    MARAD
    General George M.Randall
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    General George M Randall 79k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) under way in 1945, location unknown.
    US Navy photo.
    Courtesy, Chuck Ulrich, coordinator/historian AP Transport Group
    General George M Randall
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    365k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) entering San Francisco Bay. Note the Marin headland in the background and the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, bottom right corner of the photo.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum
    Darryl Baker
    General George M Randall 146k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) probably arriving at the Fort Mason piers, San Francisco ,CA.,date unknown David Wright
    General George M Randall 290k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) under way, date and location unknown. Mike Wade
    LST-1120 885k Aerial view of ships berthed at Mare Island, 8 February 1946.
    Left (inboard to outboard):
    USS LST-1134,
    USS LST-828,
    USS LST-1088,
    USS LST-1120
    and YOS-1.
    Right (inboard to outboard):
    USS General William Mitchell (AP-114),
    USS General G. M. Randall (AP-115),
    YD-33 and what appears to be
    YC-293.
    Darryl Baker
    General George M Randall 260k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) while berthed at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 19, February 19, 1946.
    US Navy photos - File name: AP 115 734-46, Navy Photo, 2/19/46 from the collections of the Vallejo Naval and History Museum.
    Darryl Baker
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    General George M Randall
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    161k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) underway leaving Mare Island Navy Yard, 20 February 1946.
    US Navy Yard Mare Island photo series 753-46 now in the collections of the US National Archives.
    Dirk Dijksman
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    General George M Randall
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    212k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) underway outbound to sea passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA., date unknown.
    U.S. Navy - Military Sea Transportation System (MSTS) photo
    Nicholas Tiberio
    General George M Randall 57k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) at and under way near Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 4 April 1947, where she was refitted and reconditioned for transportation of troops and their families to and from overseas stations.
    Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection
    Mike Green
    General George M Randall 55k
    General George M Randall 84k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) docked at Naval Supply Center Oakland, CA.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, May 1949
    Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    General George M Randall 84k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) docked at Yokosuka, Japan, circa 1950. Photo by Clifford E. Bartysal, MNCM USN (Ret.) Derick S. Hartshorn
    General George M Randall 94k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) departs Yokohama, Japan with the first Korean War dead to be returned to the United States., 11 March 1951
    US National Archives photo 80-G-427104, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.
    US Naval Historical Center
    General George M Randall 74k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) departs Yokohama, Japan, with the first Korean War dead to be returned to the United States. Photo dated 11 March 1951. Photographed by C. K. Rose. Note Armed Services honor guards in attendance, Army Band, and press area at left.
    US National Archives photo 80-G-427106, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the National Archives.
    US Naval Historical Center
    General George M Randall 257k The City of Oakland Fireboat (ex-Hoga YT-146) greets USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) as she arrives at Oakland, CA., 22 March 1951, with 1,500 Marines on rotation from the Korean battlefields. Randall also returned the remains of the first 57 Korean War dead.
    Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum file: AP 115 34X1-3-51
    Darryl Baker
    General George M Randall 553k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) moored at Oakland, CA., 22 March 1951. The 1,500 returning Marines were transported to Naval Base Treasure Island via the fleet of civilian convertible autos seen to the right. C&GSS Pioneer (OSS-31) (Ex USSMobjack (AGP-7) is seen in the upper portion of the photo.
    Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum file: AP 115 34X2-3-51
    Darryl Baker
    General George M Randall
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    510k A Collage of photos taken, 22 March 1951, upon arrival USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) at the US Army Terminal Oakland, CA. celebrating the return the 1,500 returning Marines of the 1st Marine Division returning to the United States from the Korean battlefields. Deborah McCabe
    General George M Randall 43k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) underway, date and location unknown. Keith Fannon
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    203k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) underway Date and location unknown
    US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.
    Keith Fannon, courtesy Dirk Dijksman
    General George M Randall
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    246k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) underway, date unknown and location unknown.
    U.S. Navy - Military Sea Transportation System (MSTS) photo
    Nicholas Tiberio
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    General George M Randall
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    General George M Randall 51k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany in October 1957. George Clough
    General George M Randall 372k USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) moored at Bremerhaven, Germany, 1 October 1958, with arriving US Army troops .- including Elvis Presley. The ship arrived there on Oct. 1st, 1958. Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    General George M Randall
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    263k The cover and two pages from the USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) booklet "This is the Ship I Sailed On" Tommy Trampp

    USS General George M Randall (AP-115)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01CAPT. Von Paulsen, Carl Christian, USCG15 March 1944 - April 1945
    02CAPT. Baker, Lee Hammond, USCGApril 1945 - 25 September 1945
    03CAPT. Belford, Howard Graef, USCG25 September 1945 - 31 January 1946
    04CAPT. Chapman, Joseph Ellsworth, USN (USNA 1923)31 January 1946 - October 1946
    05CAPT. Coulter, Howard NixonOctober 1946 - October 1947
    06CAPT. Cravens, Eugene Donaldno dates
    07CAPT. Thorington, Alexander Clark, USN (USNA 1925)1950 - 1951
    08CAPT. O'Daniel, Orville Kenneth, USN (USNA 1926)1951 - 1952
    09CDR. Latimer, Clement Thomas1952 - 1952 - 1953
    10CAPT. Kusebauch, Alexander1954 - 1956
    11CAPT. Harris, Morgan Hamilton, USN10 May 1957 - April 1958
    12CAPT. Knapper, John Kelley15 January 1960 - October 1960
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    MARAD Vessel History Database
    Shipboard Newspaper "Randall Rambler" Vol. 1 No. 6 at sea, May 30, 1944
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