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U.S.S. THUBAN
(AKA-19)ALPHA DRACONIS
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AKA-19 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a AKA-19 Shellback Initiation | Add a AKA-19 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAN | 1943 | - | AUG | 1944 | Pacific |
| JAN | 1943 | - | JAN | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
| FEB | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 2 FEB 1943 at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny NJ | ||
| APR | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 26 APR 1943 | ||
| JUN | 1943 | - | JAN | 1946 | Middle Pacific |
| JUN | 1943 | - | JAN | 1946 | Alaska |
| JUN | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 10 JUN 1943 | ||
| OCT | 1943 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 OCT 1943 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| AUG | 1944 | - | DEC | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
| AUG | 1944 | - | DEC | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
| SEP | 1950 | - | NOV | 1950 | Korea |
| SEP | 1950 | - | SEP | 1950 | Inchon |
| MAY | 1953 | - | OCT | 1953 | Panama Canal |
| MAY | 1953 | - | SEP | 1953 | LEFT NORFOLK VA. WENT TO PANAMA CANAL TO CA. AND JAPAN |
| SEP | 1953 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 SEP 1953 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1955 | - | SEP | 1955 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| JUN | 1955 | - | SEP | 1955 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| JUN | 1955 | - | SEP | 1955 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| JAN | 1956 | - | MAR | 1956 | Caribbean |
| AUG | 1956 | - | FEB | 1957 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1961 | - | JAN | 1961 | Caribbean Cruise and Bay of Pigs |
| JAN | 1961 | - | JAN | 1961 | Guantanamo Bay |
| 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