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USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (T-AG-175)
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 USAT Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (1947 - 1950)
 USAT Spindle Eye (1945 - 1947)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Charlie - Charlie
 NGCC
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal
Alamosa Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 16 April 1945, as MV Spindle Eye, a Maritime Commission type (C1-M-AV1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2381) at Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 25 May 1945
  • Delivered to Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. 9 July 1945
  • Chartered by the War Department, 26 July 1945, Commissioned USAT Spindle Eye
  • Renamed USAT Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup in late-1947
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 25 January 1950 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA. Group
  • Transferred to the US Navy and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 16 January 1963
  • Placed in service as USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (T-AG-175), 1 March 1963
  • Converted for service as a helicopter freighter at Willamette Iron & Steel in Portland, OR.
  • Placed out of service, 20 December 1969
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 22 January 1970, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 April 1970
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping , 9 May 1973, to John Liu, Washington, D.C.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,474 t.(lt) 6,240 t.(fl)
    Length 338' 9"
    Beam 50' 3"
    Draft 16' 10"
    Speed 10.7 kts.
    Complement 62
    Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.
    Cargo Capacity 3,945 DWT
    refrigerated 9,830 Cu ft
    non-refrigerated 227,730 Cu ft
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 6,300 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Nordberg Diesel, TSM 6 engine
    two Diesel-drive 250Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 1,750shp
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    USAT Spindle Eye
    Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup
    094917504    		 44k USAT Spindle Eye moored pierside, date and location unknown. Tommy Trampp
    Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup
    094917606    		 55k USAT Spindle Eye antenna arrangement, date and location unknown. Tommy Trampp
    USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (T-AG-175)
    Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup
    094917505    		 14k
    Namesake
    SSGT Curtis F. Shoup - (January 11, 1921 – January 7, 1945) received the Medal of Honor for acts of bravery near Tillet in Belgium (now a deelgemeente of Sainte-Ode) on January 7, 1945. He was a graduate of Oswego High School in Oswego, New York. He is buried in North Scriba Union Cemetery in Scriba, New Yor.k.
    SSGT Shoup was killed in action. He served as a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army in Company I, 346th Infantry, 87th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on January 7, 1945 near Tillet, Belgium.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup 49k USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (T-AG-175) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from DANFS    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup 215k USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (T-AG-175) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial.    		 Stan Svec
    Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup 135k USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (T-AG-175) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Tommy Trampp
    Col William J O'Brien 54k USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (T-AG-175) moored inboard of USNS Col. William J. O'Brien (T-AK-246) at Malta, date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (T-AG-175)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Staff Sergeant Curtis F. Shoup, United States Army Medal of Honor Citation
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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