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U.S.S. DIPHDA
(AKA-59)Click to view crew list
AKA-59 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AKA-59 Shellback Initiation | Add a AKA-59 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAY | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 11 MAY 1944 | ||
JUL | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 8 JUL 1944 | ||
AUG | 1944 | - | SEP | 1944 | Norfolk to Pearl Harbor |
SEP | 1944 | - | OCT | 1944 | Middle Pacific |
NOV | 1945 | - | DEC | 1945 | From NOB Okinawa FFT tp R.S. San Francisco Calif. |
DEC | 1945 | - | JAN | 1946 | Portland Oregon |
JAN | 1953 | - | DEC | 1954 | West Pac |
JAN | 1953 | - | DEC | 1954 | West Pac |
JAN | 1953 | - | DEC | 1954 | Middle Pacific |
MAY | 1956 | - | 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