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AKA-83 Vinton

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Tolland Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 20 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1393), at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp. Wilmington, N.C.
  • Launched, 25 August 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission and towed to her conversion yard at Baltimore MD.
  • Commissioned USS Vinton (AKA-83), 23 February 1945, at Key Highway Plant, Bethlehem Steel Co. Baltimore, MD., CDR. John D. Hoffman, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 16 March 1946, at New York
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 17 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
  • Sold for commercial service by the Maritime Commission in 1946 to Gulf and South American Steamship Co., and renamed Gulf Shipper
  • Resold, 23 September 1964, to American President Lines, Inc., renamed President Harding
  • Resold, 29 September 1966, to Pacific Far East Lines, renamed America Bear
  • Resold in 1969 to Columbia Steamship Co., renamed Columbia Beaver
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1971
  • Vinton earned 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 gun mounts sixteen single 20 mm 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
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    Vinton 43k Vinton (AKA-83) moored pierside at New York, prior to decommissioning. John Allen, WT USS Vinton, Feb. 1945 to Mar. 1946
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