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AKA-63 Theenim



USS Theenim was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
Andromeda Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 18 July 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 215), at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.
  • Launched, 31 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS Theenim (AKA-63), 22 December 1944, CDR. G. A. Littlefield, USCG, in command
  • During World War II Theenim was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
  • Decommissioned, 10 May 1946, at Norfolk VA.
  • Returned to the War Shipping Administration, 10 May 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register 21 May 1946
  • Commercial History
  • Sold by the Maritime Commission in 1948 to the United States Lines, renamed SS American Inventor
  • Resold in 1959, renamed SS Pioneer Surf
  • Resold in 1965, to Farrell Lines, Inc., renamed SS Australian Surf
  • Resold in 1969, renamed SS Surfer
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in May 1970 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Theenim received one battle star for World War II 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 single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    eighteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Boats
    eight LCMs
    one LCP(L)
    fifteen LCVPs
    Propulsion steam turbine, single shaft, 6,000shp
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    Theenim 78k Theenim (AKA-63) underway in January 1945 during her shakedown cruise in Chesapeake Bay. .
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    DANFS history entry located on the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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