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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
  • 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
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    Richard Peck 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
    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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