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USS THUBAN

(AKA-19)

Alpha Draconis
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AKA-19 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN 1943 - AUG 1944 Pacific
JAN 1943 - JAN 1944 Shellback Initiation - Please re-enter with EXACT date
FEB 1943 Keel Date: 2 FEB 1943
at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny NJ
APR 1943 Launch Date: 26 APR 1943
JUN 1943 Commissioned: 10 JUN 1943
SEP 1950 - SEP 1950 Inchon
SEP 1950 - NOV 1950 Korea
MAY 1953 - SEP 1953 LEFT NORFOLK VA. WENT TO PANAMA CANAL TO CA. AND JAPAN
MAY 1953 - OCT 1953 Panama Canal
SEP 1953 - - - Shellback Initiation - 16 SEP 1953 - Pacific Ocean
JUN 1955 - SEP 1955 Blue Nose - Artic Circle
JAN 1956 - MAR 1956 Caribbean
AUG 1956 - FEB 1957 Mediterranean
OCT 1962 - JAN 1963 Cuban Missle Blockade
JAN 1965 - JUL 1965 North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
JUN 1966 - DEC 1966 Mediterranean

AKA-19 General Specifications

Class: Andromeda-class attack cargo ship

Complement: 456 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 13910 tons

Length: 459 feet 3 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Draft: 26 feet 4 in

Final Disposition: Disposed of by MARAD 27 September 1984