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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.

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

Struck from the Naval Register, 16 November 1943

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
Commercial Service
	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
	124k	*SS 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.	Mike Green
	115k	*SS 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.	Mike Green

USS Richard Peck (IX-96)
DANFS history entry at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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