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USS Southland (IX-168)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Charlie - Victor
 NACV
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Southland Class Miscellaneous Unclassified (Small Inland Steamer)
  • Built in 1908 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport New, VA.
  • Operated by Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co. on the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River
  • Acquired by the US Navy in 1942
  • Converted for Naval Service at Thomas Tanahill & Sons, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Commissioned, USS Southland (IX-168), 22 May 1944, LT. S. A. Davis, USNR, in command
  • Returned to the WSA at Falmouth, England
  • Decommissioned, and struck from the Naval Register, 13 August 1945
  • Subsequently sold for operation , to Fu Chung International Corp., China, and renamed Hung Yung
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1955
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,081 t.
    Length 301'
    Beam 52' 10"
    Draft 17' 9"
    Speed 15 kts
    Armament one 12 pounder
    Propulsion
    one vertical triple expansion steam engine
    two turbo-drive 35Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generator
    single propeller, 3,000shp
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    Southland 368k Post card images of the Norfolk and Washington Steamship Co's steamer SS Southland underway, dates and locations unknown. Tommy Trampp
    Southland 294k
    USS Southland (IX-168)
    Southland 94k USS Southland (IX-168) at anchor, possibly at Cherbourg, France, 14 July 1943.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command, photo # 80-G-356332, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Mike Green
    Southland 107k USS Leyden (IX-167) in a nest between USS PC-1233 and USS Southland (IX-168) at Cherbourg, France, 11 August 1944. The two larger ships served as barracks and station ships at Cherbourg after the Normandy landings.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # 80-G-255749    		 Mike Green
    Southland 115k USS Leyden (IX-167) at Cherbourg, France, 30 August 1944 with USS Southland (IX-168) alongside to port.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # 80-G-256094    		 Mike Green
    USS Southland (IX-168)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Site
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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