Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USS Unicoi (IX-216)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
Mobile Dry Storage Ship:
  • Built, circa 1919, as Unicoi at Oscar Daniels Co, Tampa, FL.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to the USSB in May 1920
  • Renamed Excelsior, date unknown
  • Chartered by the American Export Lines, 3 April 1941
  • Taken over by the Navy, 20 April 1945, outside Tacloban in Leyte Gulf
  • Commissioned, USS Unicoi (IX-216) 23 April 1945
  • During world War II USS Unicoi was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 16 April 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Returned to the War Shipping Administration, 16 April 1946, at Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946
  • Sold, 7 October 1947, to the Walter W. Johnson Co.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 13,150 t.(lim.)
    Length 416'
    Beam 54'
    Draft 27' 1" (max.)
    Speed unknown
    Complement 70
    Armament
    one single surface 4" gun mount
    one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
    eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    one Worthington Diesel engine
    single propeller, 2,900shp
    Click On Image
    For Full Size Image    		Size Image Description Source
    Unicoi 73k USS Unicoi (IX-216) at anchor, circa 1945, location unknown. The thin stack with the large square base was fitted to the ship when she was converted to diesel propulsion in the mid-1920s.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 84655, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Mike Green
    USS Unicoi (IX-216)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Back To The Navsource Photo Archives Main Page Back To The Service Force Ship Type Index Back To The Miscellaneous Unclassified Ship (IX) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.
    This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History
    Last Updated 9 September 2011