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USS Richard Peck (IX-96)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Built in 1892 at Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, DE.

Acquired from the New England S.S. Co., New Haven CT., by the Navy, 20 February 1943

Service as construction workers housing operated by a civilian contractor for the Bureau of Yards and Docks during construction of Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland, circa 1941 to February 1943

Commissioned, USS Richard Peck (IX-96), 20 February 1943 at Argentia, Newfoundland

Richard Peck provided electrical power at Argentia, Newfoundland, during her active service

Decommissioned, 5 November 1943, at Norfolk, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 16 November 1943

Chartered by the New York, Pennsylvania and Norfolk Railroad Ferry Co. a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. from the War Shipping Administration, 5 November 1943, renamed Elisha Lee

Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission in 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 3 November 1953, to Bethlehem Steel Co.

Specifications:
Displacement 2,906 t.
Length 316'
Beam 62'
Draft 12' 6"
Speed 22 kts.
Armament unknown
Propulsion system unknown

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Merchant Service
	117k	SS Richard Peck in her glory years as a New Haven Line steamer on Long Island Sound. This photo may show her as part of the fleet observing the 1903 America's Cup races. The 45-star U.S. flag aft was in use from 1896 to 1908. US Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Co. Collection, Photo No. LC-D4-21748	Mike Green
	37k	Drawing of SS Richard Peck underway in Long Island Sound, circa 1923.	Tommy Trampp
	225k	Post Card image of SS Richard Peck getting underway at New Haven, CT. for the annual Yale-Harvard Boat Race, date unknown.	Tommy Trampp
	88k	SS Richard Peck underway, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy Shipscribe.com	Mike Green
	81k	SS Richard Peck moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Tommy Trampp
	120k	SS Richard Peck underway in New York harbor in 1937. "Life" Magazine collections as 1937. Used for educational and non-commercial purpose	John Chiquoine
Richard Peck (IX-96)
	163k	Richard Peck (IX-96) at Argentia, Newfoundland, 8 May 1941, serving as a floating barracks for workmen constructing the new U.S. Naval Base there. She has been newly painted and no longer has names or inscriptions on her sides. The ship was being operated by a civilian firm under a Bureau of Yards and Docks contract and was not then a U.S. naval vessel. US National Archives, RG-19, General Correspondence 1940-1945, file APL/L9-3, letter 28 Oct 42. Photo # None, courtesy Shipscribe.com	Mike Green
	124k	Richard Peck (IX-96) at Argentia, Newfoundland, circa summer 1941 serving as a floating barracks for workmen constructing the new U.S. naval base there. She was being operated by a civilian firm under a Bureau of Yards and Docks contract and was not a U.S. naval vessel at this time. Photographed by Lt. Dayton A. Seiler, USN. US National Archives, RG-80-G, photo # 80-G-K-13898, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command. Courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
	115k	Richard Peck (IX-96) at Argentia, Newfoundland in 1942 serving as a floating barracks for workmen constructing the new U.S. naval base there. Note the words "Floating Barracks" on her bow. Her name remains on her side amidships and lower down on her bow. She was being operated by a civilian firm under a Bureau of Yards and Docks contract and was not a U.S. naval vessel at this time. US National Archives, RG-80-G, photo # 80-G-7426, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. Courtesy Shipscribe.com	Mike Green
	127k	Richard Peck (IX-96) at Argentia, Newfoundland, 6 June 1942, serving as a floating barracks for workmen constructing the new U.S. Naval Base there. She has been newly painted and no longer has names or inscriptions on her sides. The ship was being operated by a civilian firm under a Bureau of Yards and Docks contract and was not then a U.S. Naval vessel. US National Archives, RG-19, General Correspondence 1940-1945, fi APL/L9-3, letter 28 Oct 42. Photo # None, courtesy Shipscribe.com	Mike Green
	149k	Richard Peck (IX-96) showing the lounge looking aft, 23 October 1942. Even as a floating barracks and despite the crew's ping pong table she retained some of the elegance and craftsmanship of her 1890's origins. Used at Argentia, Newfoundland to house workmen constructing the new U.S. Naval Base there, she was being operated by a civilian firm under a Bureau of Yards and Docks contract and was not then a U.S. Naval vessel. U.S. National Archives, RG-19, General Correspondence 1940-1945, file APL/L9-3, letter 28 Oct 42. Photo No. None., courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green