Name/Title
U.S.S. Napa: (APA-57) Napalogue Jul 44- Feb 46Entry/Object ID
BK005454Description
Construction, commissioning, launching by ship's sponsor Mrs. Cranston Williams, transport of 30th Naval Construction Battalion to Pearl Harbor, change of command, invasion of Leyte Island, at sea appendectomy performed on PFC D.L. Burr, invasion of Iwo Jima, embarkation of 197 Iwo Jima casualties for treatment and transport, collision with USS LOGAN (APA-196), loss of ship's medical officer while aboard USS BRAINE (DD-630) after ship was struck by three kamikazes, loss of LCM-26 crewmen during invasion of Okinawa, visit by war correspondents J.P. Marquand, Frederick C. Painton, and Norman Soong, floating dry dock repairs, transport of Japanese prisoners of war to Pearl Harbor, transport of Chinese troops from indo China to Takao, medical assistance provided to crewman aboard Norwegian ship OREGON EXPRESS off Shanghai, China, In Memoriam: LTJG Donald E. Ritchie, S2c Harold W. Hornick, F1c Anthony A. Morrone, S1c James C. Owens, S1c John M. Reed, S1c Benjamin C. Schlabach, and LTJG Ford Eshleman, MC)Collection
US Navy Cruise Book Collection, Library Reference CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Book, Anon., CRUISE BOOK U.S.S. NAPA: APA 157Book Details
Author
Loomis, F. KentPlace Published
City
Berkeley, CARegion
Northern CaliforniaState/Province
CaliforniaCountry
USAContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1946Call No.
VA65.N157 1946