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U.S.S. ALGOL

(AKA-54)

STEAMING DEMON

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AKA-54 Deployments - Major Events

Add a AKA-54 Shellback Initiation Add a AKA-54 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1942-Keel Date: 10 DEC 1942
at Moore Dry Dock Company Oakland CA
FEB1943-Launch Date: 17 FEB 1943
NOV1943-Commissioned: 27 NOV 1943
JAN1944-DEC1945Middle Pacific
FEB1944- Shellback Initiation - 1 FEB 1944 - Atlantic Ocean
FEB1944- Shellback Initiation - 1 FEB 1944 - Atlantic Ocean
JAN1947-JAN1949Inchon Landing
JAN1958-Decommissioned: 2 JAN 1958
DEC1961-DEC1961Recommisioning
JAN1962-JAN1962Panama Canal
SEP1962-NOV1962Cuban Missle Blockade
OCT1962-NOV1962Cuban Missle Blockade
DEC1963-MAR1964Panama Canal

AKA-54 General Specifications

Class: Andromeda-class attack cargo ship

Complement: 247 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 6556 tons

Length: 459 feet 2 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Draft: 26 feet 4 in

Final Disposition: Sunk as part of the New Jersey Shark River artificial reef 18 November 1991