Photos and History
Richard W Herman
Commissioning
April 1979
Scott Herman
Bootcamp November 1991
Chris Herman
Bootcamp August 1990
USS Cambria - (APA - 36)
Mediterranean Sea - June 1969
Flamingo Club Naples - May 1969
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APA-36 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Class: Bayfield-class attack transport
Complement: 51 Officers and 524 Enlisted
Displacement: 8100 tons
Length: 492 feet 6 inches
Beam: 69 feet 6 inches
Draft: 26 feet 6 in
Final Disposition: Scrapped 7 September 1972
Letters to Mom
Apollo 7 Recovery - Backup to USS Essex - October 1968
APA-36 DEPLOYMENTS
From 1941 - 1972 The Cambria served in:
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Western Pacific
Nagasaki --surrender signing
Atlantic Fleet Exercises at Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
Mediterranean
Mediterranean-West Africa
Atlantic Ocean
Great Lakes
Cuban Missile Blockade
Mediterranean-Lebanon
Guantanamo Bay
Bay of Pigs
Cuban missile crises
Dry Dock
FEB1967Apollo ( NASA ) Back up recovery ship
Middle East off coast.
Caribbean
Mediterranean-Indian Ocean
West Africa
Apollo 13 Secondary Recovery Team Atlantic Ocean
Collision-at-sea with USS Shadwell (LSD15) 8