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AF-44 Laurentia

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Adria Class Stores Ship:
  • Laid down, 23 October 1944, as Wall and Crown a Maritime Commission type (R1-M-AV3) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2206) at Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc, Beaumont, TX.
  • Launched, 12 December 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 19 May 1945
  • Commissioned USS Laurentia (AF-44), 5 June 1945
  • Decommissioned, 18 June 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 6 November 1946, for assignment to the US Army
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Placed in commission by the US Army as USAT Laurentia
  • Re-acquired by the US Navy, 1 July 1950 and assigned to the Military Seat Transportation Service (MSTS)
  • Placed in service as USNS Laurentia (T-AF-44)
  • Placed out of service in 1970
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, broken up for scrapping in 1973
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,139 t.(lt) 6,240 t.(fl)
    Length 338'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 18'
    Speed 12 kts. (max)
    Complement 84
    Cargo Capacity 2,120 DWT
    Armament one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, six single 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel engine, single screw, 1,700shp
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