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AKA-92 / T-AKA-92 / T-AK-283 Wyandot

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Lima - Golf - Romeo
 NLGR
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 29 March 1945) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Antarctic Service Medal (19 Jan to 18 Feb 1970)
Andromeda Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 6 May 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1192), at Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, CA.
  • Launched, 28 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS Wyandot (AKA-92), 30 September 1944, CDR.. E. G. Howard in command
  • During World War II Wyandot was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 10 July 1959
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Reinstated on the Naval Register in 1961
  • Recommissioned in November 1961
  • Decommissioned (date unknown) and placed in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Wyandot (T-AKA-92)
  • Designation changed to Cargo Ship (T-AK-283) (date unknown)
  • Placed out of service, 31 October 1975
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 3 May 1976, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 5 November 1987, to Nissho Iwai Corp. of Japan, scrapping accomplished in Taiwan
  • Wyandot (AKA-92) was awarded one battle star for her World War II service
    AKA 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 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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    USS Wyandot (AKA-92)
    Wyandot 346k Wyandot (AKA-92) underway at New York City, date unknown. William MacDowell
    Wyandot 27k Wyandot (AKA-92) underway, date and location unknown William MacDowell
    Wyandot 204k Wyandot (AKA-92) passing through the Panama Canal, date unknown. William Tribble
    Wyandot 296k Wyandot (AKA-92) underway, date and location unknown David Buell
    USNS Wyandot (T-AK-283)
    Wyandot 123k Wyandot (T-AK-283) at Hallet Station Antarctica in 1964 during Operation Deep Freeze
    MSC Sealift Magazine
    US Navy photo    		 Carl R. Friberg Jr.
    Wyandot 63k Wyandot (T-AK-283) moored pierside at Yokohama, Japan, 19 January 1974 Photo Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus
    Wyandot 47k Wyandot (T-AK-283) at anchor off Easter Island, circa 1966-73.
    Photo from NOAA Photo Library    		 Ramon Jackson
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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