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AKA-87 Duplin

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe, Africa, Middle East Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Achernar Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1401) at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp. Wilmington, N.C.
  • Launched, 17 October 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 30 October 1944, from the Maritime Commission, and towed to her conversion yard, Key Highway Plant, Bethlehem Steel Plant, Baltimore, MD.
  • Commissioned USS Duplin (AKA-87), 15 May 1945, at Baltimore, MD.
  • Decommissioned, 21 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 23 May 1946, for disposal
  • Sold for commercial service by the Maritime Commission in 1946
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1971
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,556 t.(lt) 13,900 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 2"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 26' 4"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 247
    Cargo Capacity 4,450 dwt cargo
    Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four twin 40mm gun mounts, eighteen single 20mm gun mounts
    Boats 8 LCMs, 1 LCP(L), 15 LCVPs
    Propulsion steam turbine, single shaft, 6,000shp
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    Duplin 19k Duplin (AKA-87) moored pierside, date and place unknown. Russ Padden courtesy Tom Crew
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    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
    AKA 87 USS Duplin at Amphibious Ships (GATORS)
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