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AKA-95 Marquette

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Andromeda Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B2) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC Hull 217) at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.
  • Launched, 29 April 1945
  • Commissioned USS Marquette (AKA-95), 20 June 1945, CDR. John E. Gabrielson in command
  • Decommissioned, 19 July 1955
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 9 January 1960, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1972
    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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    Marquette 64k Marquette (AKA-95) at anchor off Oran, Algeria, date unknown. Robert C. Paris, CIC Officer, November 1950-52
    Marquette 69k Marquette (AKA-95) underway, Mediterranean Sea, circa 1952. Robert C. Paris, CIC Officer, November 1950-52
    Marquette 74k Marquette (AKA-95) underway, Mediterranean Sea, circa 1952. Robert C. Paris, CIC Officer, November 1950-52
    Marquette 76k Marquette (AKA-95) anchored in Hampton Roads, VA., May 1946. Russ Padden
    Marquette 73k Marquette (AKA-95) moored pierside, circa 1952, place unknown. George Panos, QMS2C USS Earle B. Hall
    View photos from the Marquette (AKA-95)'s
    1952 Mediterranean Cruise Book    .
    View the Marquette (AKA-95)
    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
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