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U.S.S. THUBAN

(AKA-19)

ALPHA DRACONIS

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AKA-19 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN1943-AUG1944Pacific
JAN1943-JAN1945Middle Pacific
FEB1943-Keel Date: 2 FEB 1943
at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny NJ
APR1943-Launch Date: 26 APR 1943
JUN1943-JAN1946Middle Pacific
JUN1943-JAN1946Alaska
JUN1943-Commissioned: 10 JUN 1943
OCT1943-Shellback Initiation - 6 OCT 1943 - Pacific Ocean
AUG1944-DEC1945Middle Pacific
AUG1944-DEC1945Middle Pacific
SEP1950-NOV1950Korea
SEP1950-SEP1950Inchon
MAY1953-OCT1953Panama Canal
MAY1953-SEP1953LEFT NORFOLK VA. WENT TO PANAMA CANAL TO CA. AND JAPAN
SEP1953-Shellback Initiation - 16 SEP 1953 - Pacific Ocean
MAY1955-SEP1955Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
JUN1955-SEP1955Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
JUN1955-SEP1955Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
JAN1956-MAR1956Caribbean
AUG1956-FEB1957Mediterranean
JAN1961-JAN1961Caribbean Cruise and Bay of Pigs
JAN1961-JAN1961Guantanamo Bay
OCT1962-JAN1963Cuban Missle Blockade
JAN1965-JUL1965North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
JUN1966-DEC1966Mediterranean

AKA-19 General Specifications

Class: Andromeda-class attack cargo ship

Complement: 456 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 13910 tons

Length: 459 feet 3 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Draft: 26 feet 4 in

Final Disposition: Disposed of by MARAD 27 September 1984