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USNS Marine Fiddler (T-AK-267)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - November - Yankee - Charlie
NNYC
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal
Marine Fiddler Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 15 December 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C4-S-B5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 753), at Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, PA.
  • Launched, 15 May 1945
  • Delivered, 31 August 1945, operated by Agwillines, Inc. until laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., 23 May 1946
  • Acquired from the Maritime Commission by the US Navy and placed in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Marine Fiddler (T-AK-267), 10 December 1952
  • Converted to a heavy-lift cargo ship, 29 March 1954
  • Placed out of service, 14 July 1973, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 March 1986
  • Title transferred to the Maritime Administration, 26 October 1989
  • Final Disposition, towed, 30 October 2003 to Bay Bridge Enterprises, Chesapeake, VA. and was listed as scrapped. 13 November 2004
    Specifications:
    Displacement 22,094 t.(fl)
    Length 520'
    Beam 72'
    Draft 33' (max)
    Speed 17.5 kts.
    Complement 57 merchant mariners
    Armament none
    Propulsion steam turbine, single propeller, 9,000shp
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    Marine Fiddler
    0913026704    		 232k USNS Marine Fiddler (T-AK-267) underway after her conversion to a heavy-lift cargo ship in 1954.
    Authors collection - "Wartime Standard Ships", by Nick Robins, Pub. by Seaforth Publishing, A division of Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 47 Church Street, Barnsley, S70 2AS. ISBN 978 1 84832 376 6    		 Robert Hurst
    Marine Fiddler 79k USNS Marine Fiddler (T-AK-267) pierside, date and location unknown. Bill Valashinas
    Marine Fiddler 29k USNS Marine Fiddler (T-AK-267) at anchor, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
    Marine Fiddler 215k USNS Marine Fiddler (T-AK-267) working heavy cargo at nightfall in August 1968, at Bremerhaven, Germany. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    USNS Marine Fiddler (T-AK-267)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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