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U.S.S. SKAGIT

(AKA-105)

CAN-DO

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AKA-105 Deployments - Major Events

Add a AKA-105 Shellback Initiation Add a AKA-105 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1944-Keel Date: 21 SEP 1944
at North Carolina Shipbuilding Company Wilmington NC
NOV1944-Launch Date: 18 NOV 1944
MAY1945-Commissioned: 2 MAY 1945
AUG1948-SEP1948Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
JUN1949-Decommissioned: 30 JUN 1949
JAN1954-JAN1955West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1955-AUG1957westpac 1956
NOV1958-APR1959West Pac
NOV1960-MAY1961West Pac
APR1961-JUL1961West Pac
JUL1961-JUL1962Dry Dock
JUN1962-DEC1962West Pac
JUN1962-DEC1962West Pac
JAN1963-AUG1964West Pac
JAN1964-JUL1964West Pac & Operation Backpack
AUG1964-AUG1966West Pac
JAN1965-JUN1965West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1965-JUN1967West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1966-APR1967West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1967-DEC1967West Pac

AKA-105 General Specifications

Class: Tolland-class attack cargo ship

Named for: Skagit County

Complement: 62 Officers and 333 Enlisted

Displacement: 8635 tons

Length: 459 feet 2 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Flank Speed: 16 Knots

Range: 17 000 miles

Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 22 April 1974