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AKA-45 Tabora

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row- World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 4 March 1945, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1906), at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Providence, R.I.
  • Launched, 3 May 1945
  • Commissioned USS Tabora (AKA-45), 29 May 1945
  • Decommissioned, 29 May 1946
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 30 June 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,087 t.(lt) 7,080 t(fl)
    Length 426'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 16'5"
    Speed 16.9 kts.
    Complement 303
    Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four dual 40mm gun mounts, ten single 20mm guns
    Cargo capacity 4,450 DWT
    Boats one LCP(L) twelve LCVP, eight LCM(3)
    Troop Capacity 264
    Propulsion two turbo-electric engines, twin shafts, 6,000shp.
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    Tabora 55k Tabora (AKA-45) at anchor, circa 1946, place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Bill Larkin MaM3c USS Tabora
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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