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AKA / LKA-107 Vermilion

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Delta - India
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba] - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon, 1-Cuba, 1-Dominican Republic]
Tolland Class Amphibious Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 17 October 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3), hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1700), at North Carolina Shipbuilding and Drydock, Wilmington, N.C.
  • Launched, 12 December 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, and converted for Naval service at Todd Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Commissioned USS Vermilion (AKA-107), 23 December 1944, at Brooklyn, N.Y., CAPT. F. B. Eggers in command
  • Decommissioned, 26 August 1949, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
  • Recommissioned, 16 October 1950, at Orange, TX.
  • Redesignated (LKA-107), 1 January 1969
  • Decommissioned, 13 April 1971, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 January 1977
  • Final Disposition, sunk 40 miles off the coast of Myrtle Beach S.C. as part of a barrier reef in 1988
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,635 t.(lt) 13,910 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 2"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 26' 4"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 425
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 DP gun mount
    four twin 40 mm AA gun mounts
    sixteen single 20 mm AA gun mounts
    Boats
    fourteen LCVPs
    eight LCMs
    Cargo Capacity 380,000 cu ft, (5,275 t.)
    Propulsion GE geared turbine drive, 1 propeller, 6,000 shp
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    Vermilion 74k Vermilion (AKA-107), Norfolk, VA., August 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
    Vermilion 87k Vermilion (AKA-107), Norfolk, VA., August 1964. Also in this photo is a partial view of Rankin (AKA-103). © Richard Leonhardt
    Vermilion 84k Vermilion (AKA-107), date and location unknown. .
    Vermilion 310k Vermilion (AKA-107) at New York, date unknown. .
    Vermilion 55k Vermilion (AKA-107) underway, date and location unknown. Russ Padden
    Vermilion 52k Vermilion (AKA-107) underway, date and location unknown. Russ Padden
    Vermilion 57k Vermilion (AKA-107) underway, date and location unknown. Russ Padden
    Vermilion 798k Vermilion (AKA-107) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 David Buell in honor of his father CWO4 Benton E. Buell, USN (Ret) USS Washburn
    Vermilion 916k Vermilion (AKA-107) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 David Buell in honor of his father CWO4 Benton E. Buell, USN (Ret) USS Washburn
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    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
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