Allentown in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

U.S.S. Allentown

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 16, 2021

1. U.S.S. Allentown Marker

Inscription.

To
The Officers
And Crew
Of The
U.S.S. Allentown

From The
People Of Allentown
Pennsylvania
June 1944

Erected 1944 by the People of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 40° 35.959′ N, 75° 29.387′ W. Memorial is in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in Lehigh County. It can be reached from Linden Street. Memorial is near the east boundary of West Park, about 200 feet north of the intersection of Linden and Fulton Streets. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Allentown PA 18102, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II (a few steps from this marker); USAACS Sons & Daughters World War II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); D-Day, June 6 1944 (within shouting distance of this marker); Remembering Allentown's Heroes (within shouting distance of this marker); The Allen Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); A Plan for the Plantings (within shouting distance of this marker); Ignatz Gresser (within shouting distance of this marker); First Defenders Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Allentown.

Also see . . .
1. USS Allentown, 1943 (PF-52). (Submitted on June 9, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Welcome to PF52.org, the home of "The Amazing A"!. (Submitted on June 9, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. USS Allentown at Wikipedia. (Submitted on June 9, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 8, 2021

2. U.S.S. Allentown Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 16, 2021

3. U.S.S. Allentown Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 18, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 423 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on June 9, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on November 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.