Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown.Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 3September 1948 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.Decommissioned, 30 April 1948, at San Francisco, CA.Following World War II USS Crescent City was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:.Leyte landings, 16 to 27 October and 14 November 1944Īdmiralty Island landings, 11 to 12 April 1944Īssault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 6 April to 30 June 1945 Guadalcanal (Third Savo) 12 to 15 November 1942Ĭapture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 8 September to 14 October 1944Ĭonsolidation of southern Solomons, 17 February and Treasury Island landing, 1 and 18 November 1943Ĭapture and defense of Guadalcanal 12 November 1942Ĭapture and occupation of Guam, 21 to 25 July 1944 Guadalcanal-Tulagi Landings, 7 to 9 August 1942 TransDiv Thirty-Four and participated in the following campaigns: During World War II Crescent City was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:.Reclassified Attack Transport (APA-21), 1 February 1943.Commissioned USS Crescent City (AP-40), 10 October 1941, CDR.Converted to for Naval service at Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, AL.Laid down as SS Delorleans, for Mississippi Shipping Co., as a Maritime Commission type (C3-P) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 49) at Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard Inc., Sparrows Point, MD.Third Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (10) - World War II Victory Medalįourth Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1) Second Row - Navy Unit Commendations - China Service Medal (extended) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (2- 7 Aug42/Mar43) Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive USS Crescent City (APA-21)
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