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AKA-67 Starr

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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 (9 April 1945, Okinawa) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) -World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Tolland Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 13 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1392), at North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. Wilmington, N.C.
  • Launched, 18 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS Starr (AKA-67), 29 September 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., CDR. Frederick 0. Goldsmith in command
  • During WWII Starr was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 5 March 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 10 April 1945

  • Decommissioned, 31 May 1946, at Norfolk VA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 1 June 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Starr received two battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,318 t.(lt) 13,910 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 2"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 26' 4"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement Officers 62 Enlisted 333
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    sixteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Boats
    fourteen LCVPs
    eight LCMs
    Cargo Capacity 380,000 cu ft, (5,275 t.)
    Propulsion GE geared turbine drive, 1 propeller, 6,000 shp
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    Starr 52k Starr (AKA-67) at anchor, date and place location. USS Starr web site
    Starr 25k Starr (AKA-67) at anchor, date and location unknown. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic
    Landmarks Commission web site
    Starr 19k Starr (AKA-67) at anchor, date and location unknown. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic
    Landmarks Commission web site
    Starr 19k Starr (AKA-67) at anchor, date and location unknown. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic
    Landmarks Commission web site
    Starr 138k Aft plan view of Starr (AKA-67) at Mare Island Navy Yard, 7 February 1946. Starr was under repair at the shipyard from 26 January to 8 February 1946. Mizar (AF-12) is outboard of Starr and General G. M. Randall (AP 115) and General William Mitchell (AP 114) are aft of Starr.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # AKA 67 550-46, Navy Photo, 2/7/46    		 Darryl Baker
    Starr 128k Forward plan view of Starr (AKA-67) at Mare Island Navy Yard, 7 February 1946. Mizar (AF-12) is outboard of Starr.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # AKA 67 553-46, Navy Photo, 2/7/46    		 Darryl Baker
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Starr (AKA-67) At the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission
    USS Starr (AKA-67)
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