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Beaufort (ID 3008)
AK-6

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp) - Haitian Campaign Medal
Beaufort Class Cargo Ship:
  • Built in 1909 as SS Rheingraf by H. Koch A. G., Lubeek, Germany
  • Renamed SS Rudolph Blumberg
  • Seize at Pensacola FL, and acquired by the Navy in April 1917
  • Commissioned USS Beaufort (ID 3008) at New Orleans, LA., 20 September 1917, Lcdr. William M. Gifford, USNRF, in command
  • Reclassified Cargo Ship AK-6 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 23 December 1925, at Norfolk Navy Yard
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 23 December 1925 Sold, 22 October 1926, to a Norwegian Shipping Co., renamed SS Fjorden
  • Final Disposition, reportedly lost, 12 April 1933.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,769 t.(lt), 4,565 t.(fl)
    Length 288' 10"
    Beam 40'
    Draft 18' 4"
    Speed 8 kts.
    Complement 92
    Armament four 3" guns
    Propulsion system unknown
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    Beaufort 100k Beaufort (AK-6) tied up at Berth G, Naval Operating Base Norfolk, Virginia, 7 May 1925.
    Photographed by Naval Air Station Hampton Roads, Virginia.
    US Navy photo # NH 98481 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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