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USS Marquette (AKA-95)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Kilo - Hotel
NHKH

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Europe clasp) - 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

During World War II USS Marquette was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Following World War II USS Marquette was assigned to Occupation service in Europe for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
23 June to 26 September 1948
14 May to 19 September 1949
15 March to 27 June 1951
3 May to 8 October 1953
19 May to 20 September 1954

Decommissioned, 19 July 1955

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Returned to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 9 January 1960, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.

Permanent custody transferred to MARAD), 30 June 1960

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold, 28 March 1972, to C & C Plywood Corp, for non-transportation use, delivered, 3 May 1972

Specifications:
Displacement 6,556 t.(lt) 14,200 t.(lim)
Length 459' 2"
Beam 63'
Draft 26' 4"
Speed 16.5 kts (trial)

Complement

Officers 24

Enlisted 223

Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.

Cargo Capacity 4,900 DWT

non-refrigerated 440,000 Cu. ft.

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

eighteen single 20mm AA gun mounts

Boats

8 LCMs

1 LCP(L)

15 LCVPs

Fuel Capacity

NSFO 11,900 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric steam turbine

two Foster and Wheeler D-type boilers, 450psi 750°

double General Electric Main Reduction Gear

three turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.

single propeller, 6,000shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
64k	*USS Marquette* (AKA-95)** at anchor off Oran, Algeria, date unknown.	Robert C. Paris, CIC Officer, November 1950-52
69k	*USS Marquette* (AKA-95)** underway, Mediterranean Sea, circa 1952.	Robert C. Paris, CIC Officer, November 1950-52
74k	*USS Marquette* (AKA-95)** underway, Mediterranean Sea, circa 1952.	Robert C. Paris, CIC Officer, November 1950-52
76k	*USS Marquette* (AKA-95)** anchored in Hampton Roads, VA., May 1946.	Russ Padden
73k	Marquette (AKA-95) moored pierside, circa 1952, place unknown.	George Panos, QMS2C USS Earle B. Hall

USS Marquette (AKA-95)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Gabrielson, John Ervin	20 June 1945 - ?
02	CAPT. Adair, Charles :RADM	1949 - 1950
08	CAPT. MacDonald, Donald John :RADM	September 1951 - November 1952
10	CAPT. Dorsey, Jack Sidney :RADM	November 1954 - 9 May 1955


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Marquette (AKA-95)'s
1952 Mediterranean Cruise Book Photos

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