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AKA-59 Diphda

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Second Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (6)
Third Row - United Nations Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Andromeda Class Amphibious Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 211) at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock, Kearny, N.J.
  • Launched, 11 May 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 7 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS Diphda (AKA-59), 8 July 1944
  • Decommissioned, 11 May 1956, at San Diego. CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Diphda received one battle star for World War II service and six battle stars for Korean war service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,556 t.(lt) 13,900 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 2"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 26' 4"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 247
    Cargo Capacity 4,450 dwt cargo
    Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four twin 40mm gun mounts, eighteen single 20mm gun mounts; Boats 8 LCMs, 1 LCP(L), 15 LCVPs
    Propulsion steam turbine, single shaft, 6,000shp
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    Diphda 100k Diphda (AKA-59) at anchoor, circa 1951, place unknown. D.C. King PN3 USS Diphda 1950-53
    Diphda 35k Diphda (AKA-49) underway, date and place unknown.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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