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ARG-6 Cebu

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Service Medal (1)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Luzon Class Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 21 September 1943, as Francis P. Duffey a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1805) at Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, MD.
  • Assigned to the Navy and renamed Cebu
  • Launched, 18 October 1943
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission and converted to an Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship at Maryland Drydock Co, Baltimore, MD.
  • Commissioned USS Cebu (ARG-6), 15 April 1944
  • Decommissioned, 30 September 1947, at Stockton, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission (date unknown) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1971
  • Cebu received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,159 t.(lt) 8,700 t.(fl)
    Length 442'
    Beam 57'
    Draft 23'
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 574
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, three 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, four 40mm AA guns, twelve 20mm AA guns
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950hp
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    Cebu 154k Cebu (ARG-6) at anchor off Oahu, TH, 31 March 1946, prior to leaving for "Operation Crossroads" at Bikini Atoll. Notice that Cebu has dressed ship for this occasion.
    US Navy photo         		Received from both Charles Huntington and Gordon Pate, Jr. Mr. Pate's father Gordon R. Pate, SK3 was a crew member of USS Cebu
    Cebu 25k Cebu (ARG-6) commanding officer, Captain G.W. Scott
    US Navy photo         		Charles Huntington
    Cebu 107k Cebu (ARG-6) officers group photo, date and place unknown. Charles Huntington
    Cebu 103k Cebu (ARG-6) Medical Department, date and place unknown. Charles Huntington
    Cebu 108k Cebu (ARG-6) First Division, date and place unknown. Charles Huntington
    Cebu 125k Cebu (ARG-6) Second Division, date and place unknown. Charles Huntington
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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    Cruise Itinerary from World War II located at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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