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U.S.S. MERRICK

(AKA-97)

UNITED WE LAND

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AKA-97 Deployments - Major Events

Add a AKA-97 Shellback Initiation Add a AKA-97 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1941-Shellback Initiation - 19 DEC 1941 - Pacific Ocean
DEC1941-JAN1942Antarctic Circle
OCT1944-Keel Date: 19 OCT 1944
at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny NJ
JAN1945-Launch Date: 28 JAN 1945
MAR1945-Commissioned: 31 MAR 1945
DEC1946-FEB1947Antarctic Circle
JUL1955-SEP1955Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
JAN1960-JAN1975West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1960-MAR1960Operation Blue Star
MAR1961-APR1961Operation Green Light -- Hawaii to Okinwa due to SE Asia Crisis
JAN1962-JUL1962West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1962-NOV1962Cuban Missle Blockade
OCT1962-DEC1962Panama Canal
OCT1962-DEC1962cuban missile crisis
APR1965-NOV1965West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1966-MAY1966West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1966-MAR1967West Pac
NOV1966-JUL1967West Pac
NOV1966-JUL1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1967-AUG1967West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1968-DEC1968West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1968-DEC1968West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1969-SEP1969Decommisioning

AKA-97 General Specifications

Class: Andromeda-class attack cargo ship

Named for: Merrick County

Complement: 247 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 6761 tons

Length: 459 feet 2 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Flank Speed: 16 Knots

Final Disposition: Unknown