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USS New Hanover (AKA-73)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Golf - Yankee
 NHGY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Tolland Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 31 August 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1403) at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp, Wilmington, N.C.
  • Launched, 31 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS New Hanover (AKA-73), 22 December 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., LCDR. J. R. Haines, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS New Hanover was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign;
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 10 April 1945
  • Decommissioned, 30 July 1946, at Norfolk VA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 31 July 1946, at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946
  • Commercial Service
    Sold, 31 June 1947, to Waterman SS Corp., renamed SS Alawai
    Resold in February 1955 to Polarus Steamship Co., Inc., renamed SS Franklin Berwis
    Resold in February 1957 to Grace Line Inc., renamed SS Santa Mercedes
    Resold, 22 April 1960, to Central Gulf SS Corp., renamed SS Green Wave, 2 May 1960
    Resold in July 1966 to Victory Carriers Inc., renamed SS Sagamore Hill
    Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 16 October 1970, to Li Chong Steel & Irons Works Co., LTD., Taiwan
  • USS New Hanover received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,635 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, single propeller, 6,000shp
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    New Hanover 39k New Hanover (AKA-73) immediately after launching at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp, Wilmington, N.C., 31 October 1944.
    North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp.photo.    		 Louis James Muccio
    New Hanover 51k New Hanover (AKA-73) underway, date and location unknown. Note the classic "Dazzle" pattern that has been painted on the ship, revealing the extremes of the various designs prepared for the Measure 32 Medium Pattern System.
    US Navy photo courtesy of Floating Drydock.    		 Robert Hurst
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