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U.S.S. YANCEY

(AKA-93)

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AKA-93 Deployments - Major Events

Add a AKA-93 Shellback Initiation Add a AKA-93 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1944-Keel Date: 22 MAY 1944
at Moore Dry Dock Company Oakland CA
JUL1944-Launch Date: 8 JUL 1944
OCT1944-Commissioned: 11 OCT 1944
SEP1945-NOV1945Middle Pacific
JAN1946-AUG1947Antarctic Circle
JAN1950-JUL1953Inchon Landing
OCT1962-OCT1962Cuban Missle Blockade
APR1965-JUL1965Dominican republic Crisis
NOV1965-APR1966Caribbean
JAN1966-JAN1967Mediterranean
JUN1966-JUN1966West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1966-MAY1967Mediterranean
NOV1969-MAY1970Mediterranean
MAR1970-AUG1970Mediterranean

AKA-93 General Specifications

Class: Andromeda-class attack cargo ship

Named for: Yancey County

Complement: 368 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 13910 tons

Length: 459 feet 3 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Flank Speed: 16 Knots

Final Disposition: Sunk as an artificial reef off Morehead City NC 1990 Laying on her starboard side at a depth of 160 ft (49 m)