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SP 2989 / AK-5 Gulfport

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp) - Haitian Campaign Medal

Cargo Ship: Built in 1902, as Andree Rickmers at Rickmers Atkien Ges., Bremerhaven, Germany; Renamed Locksun; Seized by USSB at Pearl Harbor, TH., 1917; Assigned to the US Navy and converted to a cargo transport at Honolulu Navy Yard; Commissioned USS Gulfport (SP-2989), 1 September 1917; Redesignated USS Gulfport (AK-5), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 3 March 1922, at Brooklyn Navy Yard; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final Disposition, sold, 25 May 1922, to Moore & McCormack Inc, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 3,800 t.; Length 267' 4"; Beam 37' 2"; Draft 18'; Speed 7.5kts; Complement 52, Armament, one single 4"/50 gun mount, one 6-pdr.

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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