RINGNESS APD 100

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Crosley Class High-speed Transport Keel Laid December 23 1943 Launched February 5 1944 as Destroyer Escort DE-590 Redesignated High-speed Transport (APD) July 17 1944 USS RINGNESS APD-100 Commissioned October 25 1944 - Decommissioned January 1951 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, FL Transferred 1959 to Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk VA. Transferred 1965 to Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Orange, TX. Redesignated Amphibious Transport Small (LPR) July 1 1969, While in reserve Struck from Naval Register September 15 1974 Sold July 1 1975 for scrap

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-03-18

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Locy Type 7rz*

1946-02-24

Posted from another ship or station...ship did not carry this device

 

Other Information

RINGNESS earned one battle star for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (April-May 1945 off Okinawa) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

NAMESAKE - Henry Raymond Ringness (August 17 1912 - October 17 1942)
Ringness was appointed 1st Lieutenant, Medical Corps Reserve, U.S. Army, June 14 1939. Two weeks later he resigned from the Army to accept a commission in the U.S. Navy. He was commissioned Regular Assistant Surgeon with rank of Lieutenant (junior grade) from July 7 1941. He served at the Naval Medical School, Washington, D.C.; Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.; and First Marine Aircraft Wing, Fleet Marine Force. He was promoted to Lieutenant June 15 1942. He received the Navy Cross posthumously "for extraordinary heroism as Flight Surgeon of a Marine Aircraft Group during action against enemy Japanese forces on Guadalcanal on the night of October 13-14 1942. When a hostile task force moved in off our beachhead and commenced a vigorous bombardment of the island airfield, Lieutenant Ringness, trapped in a foxhole in the camp area by the sporadic bursting of shells, was mortally wounded by a near miss which killed four of his companions and wounded four others. Although completely paralyzed in the lower half of his body and suffering great pain because of his immobility, he persisted in administering morphine and blood plasma to wounded personnel until he was finally evacuated to a base hospital." Three days later, he died as a result of his injuries

 

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