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AKA-88 Uvalde


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Mike - Zulu - Foxtrot
Voice Call Sign "Kosher" (50-53)
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
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (3) - Armed Force Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba, 1-Dominican Republic)
Fourth Row - Philippines Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Andromeda Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 27 March 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1188) at Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, CA.
  • Launched, 20 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS Uvalde (AKA-88), 18 August 1944, LCDR. William M. McCloy, USNR, in command
  • During World War II Uvalde (AKA-88) participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings
    11 to 13 January 1945
    Mindoro landings
    1 to 9 April 1945
    		 Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto
    1 to 9 April 1945

  • During Korean War Uvalde (AKA-88) participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Communist China Aggression
    16 to 21 December 1950    		 Second Korean Winter
    21 February 1952
    1 March 1952
    Korea, Summer-Fall 1953
    24 May 1953
    26 July 1953    		 .

  • Decommissioned in 1957
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
  • Reinstated in the Naval Register, 1 September 1961
  • Recommissioned, 18 November 1961, Capt. C. A. Baldwin in command
  • Decommissioned and Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1968
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 26 June 1969
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Levin Metals Corp, San Jose CA
  • Uvalde earned three battle stars for her World War II service and three battle stars for Korean War service
    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
    Armament
    one 5"/38 DP gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    eighteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Boats
    8 LCMs
    1 LCP(L)
    15 LCVPs
    Propulsion steam turbine, single shaft, 6,000shp.
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    Uvalde 158k Amidship view looking aft of Uvalde (AKA-88) at Mare Island, 5 April 1946. Uvalde was under repair at Mare Island from 6 February to 12 March 1946.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # AKA 88 1394-46, 4/5/46    		 Darryl Baker
    Uvalde 63k Broadside view of Uvalde (AKA-88) off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 25 March 1957. Uvalde was in drydock at Mare Island from 7 February to 4 March 1957.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # AKA 88 33629-3-57, 3/25/57    		 Darryl Baker
    Uvalde 68k Bow on view of Uvalde (AKA-88) in the Mare Island Channel, 25 March 1957.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # AKA 88 33632-3-57, 3/25/57    		 Darryl Baker
    Uvalde 136k Uvalde (AKA-88) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA., 3 January 1963 preparing for deployment. The laid up Massachusetts (BB-59) is to Uvalde's starboard. US Navy photo # NH 72672, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. US Naval Historical Center
    Uvalde 98k Uvalde (AKA-88) underway, date and location unknown. Phil Belliveau USS Uvalde 1967-68
    Uvalde 21k Uvalde (AKA-88) moored to a buoy at Malta, June 1967. Photo by Phil Belliveau USS Uvalde 1967-68
    Uvalde 76k Uvalde (AKA-88) underway, date and location unknown. Russ Padden
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