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USS ALGOL
(AKA-54)STEAMING DEMON
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AKA-54 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| DEC | 1942 | Keel Date: 10 DEC 1942 at Moore Dry Dock Company Oakland CA |
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| FEB | 1943 | Launch Date: 17 FEB 1943 | |||
| NOV | 1943 | Commissioned: 27 NOV 1943 | |||
| JAN | 1944 | - | DEC | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
| JAN | 1958 | Decommissioned: 2 JAN 1958 | |||
| DEC | 1961 | - | DEC | 1961 | Recommisioning |
| JAN | 1962 | - | JAN | 1962 | Panama Canal |
| OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| DEC | 1963 | - | MAR | 1964 | Panama Canal |
AKA-54 General Specifications
Class: Andromeda-class attack cargo ship
Complement: 247 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 6556 tons
Length: 459 feet 2 inches
Beam: 63 feet
Draft: 26 feet 4 in
Final Disposition: Sunk as part of the New Jersey Shark River artificial reef 18 November 1991
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