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AKA-90 Whiteside

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (4)
Fourth Row - Philippines Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Andromeda Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 22 April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1190), at Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, CA.
  • Launched, 12 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS Whiteside (AKA-90), 11 September 1944
  • Decommissioned, 30 June 1958, at Astoria. OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Reacquired by the Navy for use as a target
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target 1971
  • Whiteside earned two battle stars for World War II service and four battle stars for Korean 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 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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    Whiteside 65k Whiteside (AKA-90) at anchor, date and place unknown. Mike Fry
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