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USS Alamance (AKA-75)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Hotel - Bravo
NHHB

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Tolland Class Attack Cargo Ship:

Laid down, 15 September 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1405), at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp, Wilmington, N.C.

Launched, 11 November 1944

Commissioned USS Alamance (AKA-75), 22 December 1944, CDR. Otto J. Stein, USNR in command

During World War II USS Alamance was assigned to th Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
TransRon Twenty-Two, COMO. S.P. Jenkins;
Trans Division Sixty-Five, CAPT. E.C. Rogers USN (18)

Following World War II USS Alamance was assigned to Occupation service from 21 to 25 October 1945

Decommissioned, 25 June 1946, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 26 June 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 July 1946, title and custody transferred to the Maritime Commission

Under tow from Lee Hall, 13-17 June 1947 by Moran Towing & Transportation Corp, to Todd Shipyards Corp, Charleston, S.C. for reconversion

Custody assumed by Todd Shipyards Corp., Charleston, S.C., 17 June 1947

Merchant Service

Sold, 6 August 1947, to South Atlantic Steamship Co., renamed SS Southstar

Acquired by United States Lines via acquisition of South Atlantic Steamship Co., 7 September 1960, renamed SS American Supplier

Acquired by Alcoa Steamship Co., 15 August 1963, via the Maritime Administration exchange program, renamed SS Alcoa Voyager

Sold to Colombia Steam Ship Co., 24 September 1969, renamed SS Columbia Fox

Reflagged Netherlands, 16 February 1971, renamed SS Antillian Fox

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1971 at Taiwan

Specifications:
Displacement 8,635 t.(lt) 13,910 t.(fl), 14,160 (lim)
Length 459' 2"
Beam 63'
Draft 26' 4"
Speed 16.5 kts.

Complement

Officers 20

Enlisted 233

Largest Boom Capacity 35 t.

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

sixteen single 20mm AA gun mounts

Boats

fourteen LCVPs

eight LCMs

Cargo Capacity 5,275DWT

non-refrigerated 380,000 Cu ft.

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 10,425 Bbls

Diesel 805 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric geared turbine

two Foster and Wheeler header-type boilers, 450psi 750°

double General Electric Main Reduction Gear

three Ship's Service Generators 300Kw, 120V/240V D.C.

single propeller, 6,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Alamance (AKA-75)
	153k	*USS Alamance* (AKA-75)** under way off Charleston in 1944. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 57773	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	98k	*USS Alamance* (AKA-75)** underway on the Cooper River off Charleston Navy Yard, S.C,, 15 January 1945. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-77195, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
	33k	Bow on view of *USS Alamance* (AKA-75)** under way on the Cooper River off Charleston S.C, 15 January 1945.US Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo #159-45.	Robert Hall
	85k	*USS Alamance* (AKA-75)** moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Bob Denninger WT3/c USN, Alamance>i> January 1945 to May 1946
	41k	*USS Alamance* (AKA-75)** at anchor with boats alongside, date and location unknown.	.
	54k	*USS Alamance* (AKA-75), at left, and USS Grafton (APA-109)**, at right, moored pierside at Sasebo, Japan, 1945	Submitted by John Dupre' for his father-in-law Edmund H. Cokely EMC USN Asst Electrical Officer USS Grafton.
	110k	*USS Alamance* (AKA-75)** entering port with a large group of homeward-bound GI's, circa late 1945 or early 1946. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 78539. Courtesy of James Russell.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
Merchant Service South Atlantic Steamship Co. United States Lines Alcoa Steamship Co.
	33k	Ex-*USS Alamance* (AKA-75)** under way while in service as the South Atlantic Steamship Co.'s SS Southstar, circa 1947-61.	Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
	89k	SS Southstar berthed at Bremen, Germany, early Fifties.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	112k	SS Southstar under way, date and location unknown.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	240k	SS American Supplier on the Waser River enroute to Bremen, Germany in May 1961	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	40k	SS American Supplier leaving Bremen, Germany, March 1962.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	79k	SS Alcoa Voyager at Bremerhaven, Germany, April 1967.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
100207513	151k	SS Alcoa Voyager taking aboard airplane parts at Bremerhaven, Germany in October 1967, destined for export into the US.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus

USS Alamance (AKA-75)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Stein, Otto, John, USNR	22 December 1944 - November 1945
03	LCDR. Brooke, Russell James, USNR	June 1946 - 25 June 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Alamance (AKA-75) War Diaries, History and Action Reports, January to December 1945

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