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U.S.S. MONTAGUE
(AKA-98)THE FIGHTING GATORS
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AKA-98 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AKA-98 Shellback Initiation | Add a AKA-98 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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FEB | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 12 FEB 1945 | ||
APR | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 12 APR 1945 | ||
AUG | 1949 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 AUG 1949 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JAN | 1951 | - | MAR | 1955 | Middle Pacific |
NOV | 1953 | - | OCT | 1954 | FAR EAST TOUR |
JAN | 1954 | - | NOV | 1954 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1954 | - | NOV | 1954 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1954 | - | MAY | 1954 | KOREA |
AUG | 1954 | - | SEP | 1954 | OPERATION PASSAGE TO FREEDOM (VIETNAM) |
NOV | 1955 | - | Decommissioned: 22 NOV 1955 |
AKA-98 General Specifications
Class: Andromeda-class attack cargo ship
Named for: Montague County
Complement: 474 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 6761 tons
Length: 459 feet 2 inches
Beam: 63 feet
Flank Speed: 16 Knots
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 12 March 1971