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USS Griggs (APA-110)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Victor - Echo
NZVE

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Windsor Class Attack Transport:

Laid down, date unknown, as a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A3) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 871) at Inglalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula MS.

Launched, date unknown

Acquired by the US Navy, 13 December 1944

Commissioned USS Griggs (APA-110), 14 December 1944, CAPT. Arthur C. Wood USN in command

During World War II USS Griggs was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
TransRon Seventeen, COMO. T.B. Brittan USN (20);
TransDiv Fifty CAPT. R.W. Abbot USN (20);

Decommissioned, 27 May 1946, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth VA.

Returned to the War Shipping Administration, 28 May 1946, at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946

Merchant Service

Custody transferred, 7 May 1947, to Moore-McCormack Lines for towing from Lee Hall, VA. to Kerney, N.J.

Delivered, 13 May 1947, to Federal Shipbuilding and Drydocking Co., Kerney, N.J., for reconversion for merchant service

Sold, 21 April 1948, to Moore-McCormack Lines, renamed SS Mormacrey

Sold to Grace Lines, August 1966

Renamed, SS Santa Alicia, 30 November 1966

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 2 April 1973, to Chang Iron and Steel Works, Ltd, Taiwan

Specifications:
Displacement 11,760 t.(lt) 16,100 t.(fl)
Length 492'
Beam 69' 6"
Draft 25'
Speed 128.4 kts (trial)

Complement

Officers 41

Enlisted 437

Troop Accommodations

Officers 91

Enlisted 1470

Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.

Cargo Capacity 180,530 cu. ft, 4,500 tons

Armament

two single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

two twin 20mm AA gun mounts

eighteen single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 8,510 Bbls

Diesel 750 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric geared turbine

two Foster and Wheeler D-type boilers, 465psi 765°

double General Electric Main Reduction Gear

four 250Kw 250V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

one propeller, 8,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Griggs (APA-110)
100311006 BuAer 176517	612k	Port and Starboard diagrams of USS Griggs (APA-110) camouflage design 4T US Navy BuAer images	MARAD
100311005 BuAer 17618	622k		MARAD
	543k	*USS Griggs* (APA-110)** underway, probably during a "Magic Carpet" run in late 1945 - early 1946. US Navy photo	David Buell
	252k		David Buell
Merchant Service Moore McCormack Steamship Co.
	356k	Post card image of Ex-*USS Griggs* (APA-110)** as the Moore-McCormack Steamship Co.'s SS Mormacrey in the harbor at Vancouver, B.C. Photo ©F. R. Sherlock.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
100311004	150k	The Moore-McCormack Steamship Co.'s SS Mormacrey in harbor, most likely in a US or Canadian west coast port, date unknown.. Photographer unknown.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus