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U.S.S. DIPHDA

(AKA-59)


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AKA-59 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1944-Launch Date: 11 MAY 1944
JUL1944-Commissioned: 8 JUL 1944
AUG1944-SEP1944Norfolk to Pearl Harbor
SEP1944-OCT1944Middle Pacific
NOV1945-DEC1945From NOB Okinawa FFT tp R.S. San Francisco Calif.
DEC1945-JAN1946Portland Oregon
JAN1953-DEC1954West Pac
JAN1953-DEC1954West Pac
JAN1953-DEC1954Middle Pacific
MAY1956-Decommissioned: 11 MAY 1956

AKA-59 General Specifications

Class: Andromeda-class attack cargo ship

Named for: Diphda

Complement: 429 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 6737 tons

Length: 459 feet 2 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Flank Speed: 16 knots