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USS Skagit (LKA-105)
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 USS Skagit (AKA-105) (1944 - 1968)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Charlie - Kilo
 NECK
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (3)
Fourth Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Taiwan Straits) - Vietnam Service Medal (3) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (6)
Fifth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Tolland Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 21 September 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1696) at North Carolina Shipbuilding, Wilmington, N.C.
  • Launched, 18 November 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 28 November 1944 and towed or ferried to her conversion yard at Bethlehem Steel, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Commissioned Attack Cargo Ship USS Skagit (AKA-105), 2 May 1945, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., CAPT. Harold R. Parker, in command
  • Decommissioned, 30 June 1949, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Recommissioned, 26 August 1950
  • During the Korean War USS Skagit participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    First UN Counter Offensive
    16 April 1951     		Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
    17 June to 12 July 1952
    17to 18 October 1952
    Communist China Spring Offensive
    2 to 27 May 1951     		.

  • During the Vietnam War USS Skagit participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Vietnam Defense
    3 to 9 December 1965     		Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
    28 June to 1 July 1967
    15 September to 1 November 1967
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive
    26 January to 21 February 1966
    17 March to 15 April 1966     		.

  • Redesignated Amphibious Cargo Ship (LKA-105), 1 January 1969
  • Decommissioned and Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1969
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration; Final Disposition, scrapped in 1974
  • USS Skagit received three battle stars for Korean War service and three campaign stars for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,556 t.(lt) 13,900 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 2"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 26' 4"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 425
    Cargo Capacity 4,450 dwt cargo
    Armament
    one single 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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    Skagit 31k USS Skagit (AKA-105) at anchor, date and location unknown. .
    Skagit 81k USS Skagit (AKA-105) underway, date and location unknown. Ed Spigler
    Skagit 33k USS Skagit (AKA-105) underway, circa 1954, location unknown. Robert Hurst
    Skagit 103k USS Skagit (AKA 105) in drydock at Pearl Harbor, HI., 1956. Photo by Dale C Haskin
    Skagit 105k USS Skagit (AKA 105) moored pierside at Sasebo, Japan in February 1966. The bow of USS Ashtabula (AO-51) is visible aft of Skagit Photo by Larry Backus
    View the USS Skagit (AKA / LKA-105)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Skagit AKA-LKA-105 Commemorative Site
    USS Skagit and Operation Passage to Freedom
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