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AKA-60 Leo

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 (2)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (5) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Andromeda Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 17 March 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 212) at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co, Kearny, N.J.
  • Launched, 29 July 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy, 29 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS Leo (AKA-60), 30 August 1944
  • Assigned to the Naval Transportation Service (NTS) in 1946
  • Reassigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 October 1949 and redesignated (T-AKA-60)
  • Decommissioned, 11 February 1955, at Long Beach, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1960
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1976
  • Leo received two battle stars for World War II service and five battle stars for Korean service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,556 t.(lt) 13,910 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 3"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 26' 4"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 366
    Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four twin 40mm gun mounts, eighteen 20mm guns
    Boats one LCP(L), eight LCM(3), sixteen LCVP
    Propulsion steam turbine, single shaft, 6,000shp.
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    Leo 75k Leo (AKA-60), US Navy photo, date and place unknown. John Mccauley USN Retired
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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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