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USS Talita (AKS-8)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Zulu - Delta
 NAZD
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Acubens Class General Stores Issue Ship:
  • Laid down, 23 April 1943, as SS Johathan Jennings a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCE-2012) at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 12 May 1943
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 20 May 1943, at Portland OR.
  • Converted under a GAA contract by Alaska SS Lines from 20 May 1943 to 5 November 1943 to a General Stores Issue Ship
  • Delivered to the US Navy at Tampa Bay Shipbuilding for completion
  • Commissioned USS Talita (AKS-8), 4 March 1944
  • USS Talita was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 9 April 1947, at Hawaii and towed to San Francisco for lay up.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 July 1947
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 9 July 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 11 May 1962, to Union Minerals and Alloys
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,240 t.(lt) 10,600 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 28' 4"
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 193
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four single 3"/50 gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 2,500shp.
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    Acubens 211k Talita (AKS-8) at anchor, date and location unknown. David Nixon
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