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Home Town Parkersburg, Wood Cty, WVa
Last Address Burial: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia, USA Plot: Section 66
Date of Passing Feb 16, 1987
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Assistant Director of Naval History, Captain F. (Frederick) Kent Loomis, USN (Ret.)
Captain F. Kent Loomis, Director of Kusaka Naval History, Pearl Harbor
Naval History & Heritage Command, Director:
Rear Admiral F. Kent Loomis, USN (ret.), 24 January 1970 – 31 July 1970
Other Comments:
F. Kent Loomis worked for the Naval History Division of the CNO and was Director in 1970. He is credited in dozens of works for his assistance in researching materials and editing or authoring articles.
Naval History Division
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Assistant Director of Naval History
Captain F. Kent Loomis, USN, 1962 - 1969
Director of Naval History & Heritage Command
Rear Admiral F. Kent Loomis, USN, 24 January 1970 – 31 July 1970
and an Officer, Vice President/Treasurer, of the Naval Heritage Foundation
After assuring the water-tightness of the remaining holds, the "Victory" ship resumed her duties, remaining in the Iwo Jima area until the 24th. She then departed for Guam where repairs were started. On 25 March she continued to Pearl Harbor, arriving early the next month. There, Capt. F. Kent Loomis took command of the ship on 14 April. A month later, Napa got underway for Seattle, whence she sailed, on 20 June, for Okinawa with Army units embarked. She arrived at Machinato Anchorage on 5 August, discharged her cargo and passengers, and started back across the Pacific, reaching Saipan on 14 August to receive the word of the Japanese surrender and orders to the Philippines.
Arriving in the Philippines in mid-September, she commenced transporting occupation troops to the Japanese home islands and former territories. After lifting elements of the 8th Army to Yokohama and 6th Marine Division personnel to Tsingtao, she sailed to French Indochina to ferry units of the 62nd Chinese Army from Hai Phong to Takao, Formosa. On 24 November she reported to ComPhilSeaFron for "Magic Carpet" duty, departing on the 27th for California with Army personnel on board.
Anchoring in San Francisco Bay, on 16 December, she got underway again for China, on 4 January 1946, returning to the United States on 24 February. On 1 March she departed San Diego for the east coast. She arrived at Norfolk on the 16th and decommissioned at Baltimore on 24 May. She was returned to the Maritime Commission on 30 May and was laid up as part of the MARAD Reserve Fleet at James River, Virginia, where she remained until 17 September 1983 when she was sold for scrap.
Napa (APA-157) received one battle star for her service during World War II.
