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IX-48 Highland Light

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Auxiliary Cruiser:
  • Laid down in 1931 by George Lawley & Son, Neponset, MA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Acquired by the US Navy, and placed in service as Highland Light (IX-48), 26 October 1940
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1965
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 32 t.
    Length 68' 7"
    Beam 15' 4"
    Propulsion unknown
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