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T-AG-175 Sgt Curtis F. Shoup

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal
Alamosa Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 16 April 1945, as Spindle Eye, a Maritime Commission type (C1-M-AV1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2381) at Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 25 May 1945
  • Delivered to Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. 9 July 1945
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission (date unknown)
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Transferred to the US Navy and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 16 January 1963
  • Placed in service as USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (T-AG-175), 1 March 1963
  • Converted for service as a helicopter freighter at Willamette Iron & Steel in Portland, OR.
  • Placed out of service, 20 December 1969
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 April 1970
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping , 9 May 1973, to John Liu, Washington, D.C.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,474 t.(lt) 6,240 t.(fl)
    Length 338' 9"
    Beam 50' 3"
    Draft 16' 10"
    Speed 10.7 kts.
    Complement 62
    Propulsion diesel, single propeller, 1,700shp
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    Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup 49k Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (T-AG-175) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from DANFS     		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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