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USS Almaack (AKA-10)
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 USS Almaack (AK-27) (1941 - 1943)


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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
Almaack Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 15 March 1940, as SS Executor, a Maritime Commission type (C3E) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 104) at Bethlehem Steel Co., Fore River Yard, Quincy, MA.
  • Launched, 21 September 1940
  • Delivered to her owners, the American Export Lines, 22 October 1940
  • Acquired by the Navy 3 June 1941
  • Converted for Naval service at Tietjen and Lang Dry Dock, Hoboken. N.J.
  • Commissioned USS Almaack (AK-27), 15 June 1941, at the US Army Transport Service Base, Brooklyn, N.Y., CDR. Thomas R. Cooley in command
  • Redesignated Attack Cargo Ship (AKA-10), 31 January 1943
  • During World War II USS Almaack served in both the European Theater where she participated in one campaign and subsequently served in five Asiatic-Pacific Theater:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    North African Occupation
    Algeria-Morocco landings, 8 to 12 November 1942     		Marshall Islands campaign
    Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 31 January to 6 February 1943
    . Marianas campaign
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 to 24 June 1944
    Capture and occupation of Guam, 22 to 29 July 1944
    . Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 20 to 22 October and 14 to 26 November 1944
    . Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 to 12 January 1945
    . Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 22 February to 3 March 1945

  • Decommissioned, 23 May 1946, at Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 16 August 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 12 September 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River, N.Y. Group
  • Post World War II Commercial History
  • Sold, 9 September 1947, to Shepard Steamship Co., renamed SS Bunker Hill
  • Resold in September 1949 to American Export Lines Inc., renamed SS Excellent
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 12 March 1964, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group
  • Leased to American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc., 2 September 1965
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 5 October 1967, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 15 May 1970, to Nation Metal & Scrap Corp.
  • USS Almaack was awarded six battle stars for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,500 t.(lt), 14,460 t.(fl)
    Length 473' 1"
    Beam 66' 6"
    Draft 27' 2" (max)
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 426
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    eight single .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion steam turbine, single propeller, 8,000shp
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    USS Almaack (AK-27)
    Almaack 52k USS Almaack (AK-27) underway, date and location, unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Aryeh Wetherhorn
    USS Almaack (AKA-10)
    Almaack 39k USS Almaack (AKA-10) underway on the Elizabeth River, off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 15 October 1943, her camouflage is now overall Measure 11, Sea Blue.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-55023, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Vol. 1 A , pg. 211
    Almaack 33k USS Almaack (AKA-10) underway on the Elizabeth River, off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 15 October 1943,
    US Navy photo.    		 Lou Sander
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