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USS Muliphen (LKA-61)
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 USS Muliphen (AKA-61) (1944 - 1969)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Golf - Charlie
 NHGC
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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia and Europe clasps) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3 Lebanon, 1Jul53-1Nov58)
Andromeda Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 13 May 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.
  • Launched, 26 August 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy, 21 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS Muliphen (AKA-61), 23 October 1944, LCDR. Walter W. Williamson in command
  • During World War II USS Muliphen (AKA-61) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    TransRon Fourteen, COMO. D. L. Ryan USN (16);
    TransDiv Forty-Two, CAPT. A.R. Mack USN (17) and participated in the following campaigns;

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 4 March 1945    		 Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 11 April 1945

  • Following World War II USS Muliphen was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East and Europe for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    Asia - 12 October to 25 November 1945
    Europe - 18 March to 9 April 1952
    Europe - 20 September 1953 to 24 January 1954

  • Redesignated (LKA-61), 1 January 1969
  • Decommissioned, 28 August 1970
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 January 1971
  • USS Muliphen earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 1 September 1971, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet, 28 October 1988 for reefing
  • Final Disposition, sunk as an artificial reef 16.5 miles off Port St Lucie FL., January 1989. Sitting upright, at a depth of 168 feet
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,556 t.(lt) 14,200 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 2"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 26' 4"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 48
    Enlisted 351
    Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.
    Cargo Capacity 4,900 dwt
    non-refrigerated 440,000 Cu. ft.,
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    eighteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Boats
    eight LCMs
    one LCP(L)
    fifteen LCVPs
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 10,990 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one General Electric steam turbine
    two Foster and Wheeler D-type boilers, 450psi 750°
    double General Electric Main Reduction Gears
    three turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 6,000shp
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    Muliphen
    100206126    		 489k Muliphen (AKA-61) underway, 21 October 1944, during acceptance trials near her builders yard, Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., at Kearny N.J. Her camouflage scheme is measure 32/8T.
    U.S. National Archives and Records Administration photo # 19-LCM-AKA61-1, a U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.    		 Nicholas Tiberio
    Muliphen 72k Muliphen (AKA-61) underway 0/21/44 underway trials from Kearny NJ. shipyard to com. measure 32/8T photo NARA 19-LCM-AKA61-1 Richard Leonhardt
    Muliphen 70k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) under way, circa 1954 to 1957, location unknown. Ronald L Wiant
    Muliphen 148k Painting USS Muliphen (AKA-61)'s hull, date and location unknown.
    US Navy Photo from "All Hands" magazine August 1953.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Muliphen 678k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) moored at Genoa, Italy, 21 April 1957. Photo by Carlo Martinelli
    Muliphen 77k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) under way, prior to 1964, location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Richard Leonhardt
    Muliphen 58k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) conducting amphibious exercises off NAB Little Creek, VA., August 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
    Muliphen 54k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) under way in Hampton Roads, VA., July 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
    Muliphen 103k US Muliphen (AKA-61) conducting amphibious exercises off NAB Little Creek, VA., August 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
    Muliphen 50k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) conducting amphibious exercises off NAB, Little Creek, VA., July 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
    Muliphen 123k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) moored pierside, NOB Norfolk, VA., July 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
    Muliphen 88k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) anchored in Hampton Roads, VA., July 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
    Muliphen 47k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) conducting amphibious exercises off NAB Little Creek, Va., July 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
    Muliphen 73k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) under way, date and location unknown. Russ Padden
    Muliphen
    100206127    		 67k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) underway of the Virginia Capes, date unknown.
    Photo probably from Atlantic Fllet Sales    		 Nicholas Tiberio
    Muliphen 376k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) in port, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, January 1967. Masao Aochi USS Muliphen, 1966-68
    Muliphen 215k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) in port, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, January 1967. Photo was taken from one of the ship's liberty boats. Masao Aochi USS Muliphen, 1966-68
    Muliphen 127k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) at anchor off the island of Crete during Med 1-68, Spring 1968. Carey Smith, Marietta, Ga.
    Muliphen 74k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) under way in 1968, location unknown.
    US Navy photos.    		 Robert Hurst
    Muliphen 74k
    Muliphen 68k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    Photo by Giorgio Arra.    		 Robert Hurst
    Muliphen 100k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Tommy Trampp
    Muliphen 52k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) moored to a buoy, date and location unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Muliphen 45k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) getting underway, date and location unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Muliphen
    100206125    		 252k USS Muliphen (AKA-61) underway, date and location unknown.
    ©Nobe Smith     		Nicholas Tiberio
    Additional Ships Patches
    Muliphen
    Contributed by Mike Smolinski    		 Muliphen
    Contributed by Mike Smolinski

    For more photos and information about USS Muliphen, see;
  • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
  • MARAD Vessel History Data Base
  • USS Muliphen Reunion Association
    • Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Williamson, Walter William USNR23 October 1944 - 31 October 1945
    02CDR. Phillips, George Lincoln USNR 31 October 1945 - 12 December 1945
    03LT. Morgan, Charles Leonard USNR12 December 1945 - 20 December 1945
    04CDR. Turner, Vernon Clark USN (USNA 1933)20 December 1945 - 26 June 1946
    05CDR. Ericson, Raymond Calvert USN (USNA 1926)26 June 1946 - 20 May 1947
    06CDR. Over, George Russell USN (USNA 1930) :RADM20 May 1947 - 15 July 1948
    07CDR. Parr, Marvin Coleridge USN (USNA 1926)15 July 1948 - 19 July 1949
    08CAPT. Harmon, William Lockhart19 July 1949 - 23 March 1951
    09CAPT. Hansen, George Louis23 March 1951 - 13 April 1951
    10CDR. Shile, Raymond USNR13 April 1951 - 26 April 1951
    11CAPT. Sampson, Robert Roy USN (USNA 1931)26 April 1951 - 12 July 1952
    12CAPT. Walter, Wilfred Aves :RADM12 July 1952 - 23 June 1953
    13CAPT. Hunter, Raymond Paul USN (USNA 1931) :RADM23 June 1953 - 31 March 1954
    14CAPT. Prince, Howard Riche31 March 1954 - 20 July 1955
    15CAPT. Leach, Robert William20 July 1955 - 5 September 1956
    16CAPT. Campbell, Earnest Goodrich USN (USNA 1933)5 September 1956 - 11 October 1957
    17CAPT. Bullen, George Scruggs USN (USNA 1934)11 October 1957 - 12 November 1958
    18CAPT. Armstrong, Warren Wilson12 November 1958 - 22 December 1959
    19CAPT. Marks, James Alexander22 December 1959 - 8 December 1960
    20CAPT. Saunders Jr., Thomas Francis USN8 December 1960 - 14 April 1962
    21CAPT. Rodman IV, William Blount USN (USNA 1941)14 April 1962 - 9 May 1963
    22CAPT. Hundevadt, Raymond Arthur USN (USNA 1940)9 May 1963 - 17 July 1964
    23CAPT. Barnhardt III, Eugene Columbus USN (USNA 1942)17 July 1964 - 14 July 1965
    24CAPT. Nearman, Leonard Maynard USN14 July 1965 - 1 September 1966
    25CAPT. Mason, Charles Edgar USN1 September 1966 - 1 September 1967
    26CAPT. Coleman Jr., Taddeus Thornton, USN1 September 1967 - 4 October 1968
    27CAPT. Merrel, Charles Valcene4 October 1968 - January 1970
    28CAPT. Becker, Jerry Thomas USNRJanuary 1970 - August 1970
    29LCDR. Blake, J. C. USNRAugust 1970 - 31 August 1970
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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