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Contact Info
Home Town Norfolk, VA
Last Address Norfolk, Virginia in Norfolk City County.
NEC 111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Base, Station or City Not Specified
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USS Telfair (APA-210) Details
Haskell Class Amphibious Attack Transport:
Laid down, 30 May 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 558), at Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, CA.
Launched, 30 August 1944
Commissioned USS Telfair (APA-210), 31 October 1944, at San Francisco CA., CDR. Lyle O. Armel, USN, in command
During World War II USS Telfair was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
TransRon Seventeen, COMO. T.B. Brittan USN (20);
TransDiv Fifty-One, CAPT. J. L. Allen USNR and participated in the following campaign:
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 25 March to 26 April 1945
Following World War II USS Telfair was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East
Inactivated, 20 July 1946
Decommissioned, 1 August 1946
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group
Recommissioned, 12 September 1950, CAPT. John Andrews, Jr. in command
During the Korean War USS Telfair participated in the following campaigns:
Korean War Campaigns
First UN Counter Offensive
9 February to 6 March 1951 Third Korean Winter
2 to 22 January 1953
13 to 15 February 1953
14 to 19 March 1953
Communist China Spring Offensive
29 April to 1 May 1951
Decommissioned, 29 February 1958
Temporary custody assigned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
Permanent custody assigned to the Maritime Administration, 30 June 1960
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
Reacquired by the Navy, 24 August 1961
Name re-instated on Naval Register, 1 September 1961
Recommissioned, 22 November 1961, CAPT. E. M. Higgins in command
Decommissioned, 31 October 1968, at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, VA., and subsequently removed to Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA.
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1968
USS Telfair earned one battle star for World War II and three battle stars for Korean War service
Designation changed to Amphibious Transport (LPA-210), 1 November 1968
