Corrello, Chester "Chuck", PFC

Haskell Class Attack Transport:

• Laid down, 26 May 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 663) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp. Vancouver, WA.
• Launched, 11 September 1944
• Commissioned USS Lenawee (APA-195), 11 October 1944, CDR. Carson R. Miller, USN in command
• During World War II USSLenawee was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
  TransRon Sixteen, COMO J.R. McGovern USN;
  TransDiv Forty-Eight CAPT. C. L. Andrews Jr. USN (19), and participated in the following campaigns:

  Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
  Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
  Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 27 February 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 9 to 14 April 1945

• Following World War II USS Lenawee was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

  Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
  2 to 10 September 1945	21 June to 5 July 1951
  5 to 11 October 1945	17 to 20 October 1951
  4 to 9 December 1945	6 to 14 February 1955

• Decommissioned, 3 August 1946, at Stockton, CA.
• Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton, CA.
• Recommissioned, 30 September 1950, Capt. Eliot M. Brown in command
• During the Korean War USS Lenawee and participated in the following campaigns:

  Korean War Campaigns
  Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
  Communist China Spring Offensive 5 to 6 June 1951	Korean Summer-Fall 1953 7 to 17 May 1953 3 June 1953 15 June to 2 July 1953
  UN Summer-Fall Offensive 29 to 31 August 1951

   
• During the Vietnam War USS Lenawee and participated in the following campaigns:

  Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Vietnam Service Medal
  Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
  Vietnam Advisory Campaign 4 to 12 September 1963 9 December 1964 to 9 January 1965 10 to 11 April 1965 15 to 19 April 1965 7 to 12 May 1965 24 to 30 May 1965	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 7 to 10 October 1966 26 October to 7 November 1966 10 to 16 December 1966

• Decommissioned, 20 June 1967
• Returned to the Maritime Administration, 29 June 1967, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
• Struck from the Naval Register, 23 April 1968
• USS Lenawee earned two battle stars for World War II service, three battle stars for Korean War service, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal with one campaign star for Vietnam War service
• Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Nicolai Joffe, 17 July 1975, for $129,039.78, removed, 28 July 1975, scrapped by NASSCO, Terminal Island, San Pedro, CA.

  ---

  Specifications:
  Displacement 6,873 t. (lt) 14,837 t (fl)
  Length 455'
  Beam 62'
  Speed 17.7 kts (trial)
  Complement
  Officers 52
  Enlisted 673
  Troop Accommodations
  Officers 86
  Enlisted 1,475
  Largest Boom Capacity 35 t.
  Cargo Capacity 2,900 DWT
  non-refrigerated 150,000 cu. ft.
  Boats
  two LCMs
  one open LCPL
  one covered LCPL (Captain's Gig)
  two LCPRs
  eighteen LCVPs
  Armament
  one single 5"/38 cal dual-purpose gun mount
  four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
  one quad 40mm AA gun mount
  ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
  Fuel Capacities
  NSFO - 7,780 - Bbls
  Diesel - 970 Bbls
  Propulsion
  one Allis-Chalmers geared turbine
  two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers, 465psi 750°
  double Falk Main Reduction Gears
  three turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
  single propeller, 8,500shp

Other Memories
31 May 51 embarked aboard USS LENAWEE (APA-195) at Yokosuka, Japan and 1 June 51 therefrom on 1 Jun 51. Arrived at Pusan, Korea 5 June 1951