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AKA-79 Trousdale

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom 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, 22 April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1386), at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp. Wilmington, N.C.

Launched, 3 July 1944

Acquired by the US Navy, 24 July 1944, and towed to her conversion yard at Hoboken, N.J.

Commissioned USS Trousdale (AKA-79), 1 December 1944, at Bethlehem Steel Corp. Hoboken, N.J.

Decommissioned, 29 April 1946, at Norfolk, VA.

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 30 April 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Fort Eustis, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946

Sold by the Maritime Commission in 1947 for commercial service to Waterman Steamship Co., Mobile, AL., renamed Lafayette, resold in 1962 to Central Gulf Steamship Corp., New Orleans, LA. and renamed Green Dale

Final Disposition reported to have been sold for scrapping in 1970

Trousdale 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 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four twin 40 mm AA gun mounts sixteen single 20 mm AA gun mounts
Boats fourteen LCVP, eight LCM
Cargo Capacity 380,000 cu ft, (5,275 t.)
Propulsion GE geared turbine drive, single propeller, 6,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	76k	Trousdale (AKA-79) at anchor, date and place unknown.		James Slotterback

View the Trousdale (AKA-79)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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