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ARG-8 Leyte / Maui

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Luzon Class Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 20 January 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (EC-2-S-C1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2595) at Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, MD
  • Launched, 18 February 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy in February 1944 from the Maritime Commission and converted to an Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship at Maryland Drydock Co, Baltimore, MD.
  • Commissioned USS Leyte (ARG-8), 17 August 1944. Comdr. Elder P. Johnson in command
  • Renamed USS Maui (ARG-8), 31 May 1945
  • Decommissioned, 30 August 1946, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego, CA.
  • Maui was transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) in June 1961 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register in September 1962, custody transferred to MARAD
  • Reacquired by the Navy briefly in February-April 1967
  • Struck from the Naval Register and returned to MARAD in April 1967
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1972
    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 single 40mm AA gun mounts
    twelve 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950hp
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    Luzon 54k Leyte (ARG-8) immediately after launching at Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, MD., 18 February 1944 David Nixon
    Luzon 69k Leyte (ARG-8) underway in the Hampton Roads, off Norfolk, VA., 1 October 1944. Leyte's camouflage is Measure 31, Design 6Ax.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-280750 from the collections of the US National Archives    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Luzon 99k Leyte (ARG-8) underway in the Hampton Roads, VA., 1 October 1944.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-280745 from the collections of the US National Archives    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Luzon 63k Leyte (ARG-8) underway in the Hampton Roads, VA., 1 October 1944.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-280746 from the collections of the US National Archives    		 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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    Fleet Reserve Association
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