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AG-75 / AKS-23 Cuttyhunk Island

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Belle Isle Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary
  • Laid down, 16 October 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 3088) at New England Shipbuilding Corp., South Portland, ME.
  • Launched, 26 November 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy, 7 December 1944
  • Converted for Naval service as a Miscellaneous Auxiliary at Eureka Shipbuilding Corp., Newburg, N.Y.
  • Commissioned, USS Cuttyhunk Island (AG-75), 1 September 1945, LCDR. N. G. Holeman, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 3 May 1946, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
  • Reclassified as a General Stores Issue Ship (AKS-23), 18 August 1951
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, scrapped 1960
    Specifications
    Displacement 5,371 t.(lt) 14,200 t.(fl)
    Length 442'
    Beam 57'
    Draft 23'
    Speed 11.5 kts. (max)
    Complement 891
    Armament four 40mm single gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950hp
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    Cuttyhunk Island 85k Cuttyhunk Island (AG-75) moored pierside, date and place unknown. Capt Jerry Mason, USN
    Indian Island 49k Indian Island (AG-77) and Cuttyhunk Island (AG-75) prior to lay up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, circa 31 January 1946 - 3 May 1946. Dawn and William George Randolph Jr. S/1c USS Indian Island
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    DANFS History entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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