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U.S.S. MONTAGUE

(AKA-98)

THE FIGHTING GATORS
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AKA-98 Deployments - Major Events

Add a AKA-98 Shellback Initiation Add a AKA-98 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB1945-Launch Date: 12 FEB 1945
APR1945-Commissioned: 12 APR 1945
AUG1949-Shellback Initiation - 8 AUG 1949 - Atlantic Ocean
JAN1951-MAR1955Middle Pacific
NOV1953-OCT1954FAR EAST TOUR
JAN1954-NOV1954West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1954-NOV1954West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1954-MAY1954KOREA
AUG1954-SEP1954OPERATION PASSAGE TO FREEDOM (VIETNAM)
NOV1955-Decommissioned: 22 NOV 1955

AKA-98 General Specifications

Class: Andromeda-class attack cargo ship

Named for: Montague County

Complement: 474 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 6761 tons

Length: 459 feet 2 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Flank Speed: 16 Knots

Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 12 March 1971