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AKA-98 Montague


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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
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (4) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Andromeda Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission (C2-S-B1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 220) at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.
  • Launched, 12 February 1945
  • Commissioned USS Montague (AKA-98), 13 April 1945, CAPT. B. H. Thomas in command
  • During the Korean War Montague participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    North Korean Aggression
    21 September to 31 October 1950     		First UN Counter Offensive
    25 January to 6 April 1951
    Chinese Communist Aggression
    11 November 1950 to 24 January 1951     		Second Korean Winter
    20 to 23 March 1952

  • Decommissioned, 22 November 1955, at Long Beach, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Mare Island Group, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 11 February 1960, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 12 March 1971, to West Waterway Lumber Co.
  • Montague received 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 AA gun mounts
    eighteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Boats
    eight LCMs
    one LCP(L)
    fifteen LCVPs
    Propulsion steam turbine, single shaft, 6,000shp
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    Montague 126k Montague (AKA-98) unloading refugees from a French LSM in southern Indo-China, circa 1955.
    US National Archives photo # NWDNS-80-G-644449, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 US National Archives
    Montague 115k Montague (AKA-98) underway, location unknown, circa 1954. Photo from 1954 Christmas Card.
    US Navy photo    		 David Buell in honor of his father CWO4 Benton E. Buell, USN (Ret) (MMC) USS Montague 1954-55
    Montague 381k Montague (AKA-98) moored to a buoy, location unknown, circa 1954-55.
    US Navy photo    		 David Buell in honor of his father CWO4 Benton E. Buell, USN (Ret) (MMC) USS Montague 1954-55
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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