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USS Lenoir (AKA-74)


International Radio Call Sign:
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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, 7 September 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1404) at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp. Wilmington, N.C.
  • Launched, 7 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS Lenoir (AKA-74), 14 December 1944, LCDR. Marcus L. Whitford USNR, in command.
  • During World War II USS Lenoir 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, 17 April 1945
  • Decommissioned, 13 June 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 14 June 1946
  • Commercial History
  • Sold for commercial service, 1 October 1947, to Lykes Bros. S.S. Co. Inc., renamed SS Margaret Lykes
  • Resold in 1947 to Gulf and South American S.S. Co., renamed SS Gulf Merchant
  • Resold, 5 November 1964, to Delta Steamship Co. Inc., renamed SS Del Aires
  • Resold, 28 June 1968, to Columbia Steamship Co., Inc., renamed SS Columbia Tiger
  • Resold. 9 September 1970, reflagged The Netherlands, renamed SS Antillian Tiger
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1971
  • USS Lenoir 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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    Lenoir 35k USS Lenoir (AKA-74) at anchor, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II web site
    Lenoir 126k USS Lenoir (AKA-74) passing under the Cooper River Bridge at Charleston S.C, January 1945.
    US Navy photo from DANFS.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Lenoir 69k Port bow down view of USS Lenoir (AKA-74) underway on the Cooper River at Charleston S.C,, 6 January 1945.
    US Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo # 64-45    		 Robert Hall
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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
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