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USS New Hanover (AKA-73)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Golf - Yankee
NHGY

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Tolland Class Attack Cargo Ship:

Laid down, 31 August 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1403) at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp, Wilmington, N.C.

Launched, 31 October 1944

Commissioned USS New Hanover (AKA-73), 22 December 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., LCDR. John R. Haines, USNR, in command

During World War II USS New Hanover was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
TransRon Twenty-One, COMO. J.R. Palmer USN (13);
TransDiv Sixty-Two, CAPT. H.E. Paddock USN (15) and participated in the following campaign;

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 9 to 19 April 1945

Following World War II USS New Hanover was assigned to Occupation service from 23 October to 15 November 1945

Decommissioned, 30 July 1946, at Norfolk VA.

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 31 July 1946, at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946

USS New Hanover earned one battle star for World War II service

Merchant Service

Sold, 31 June 1947, to Waterman SS Corp., renamed SS Alawai

Resold in February 1955 to Polarus Steamship Co., Inc., renamed SS Franklin Berwis

Resold in February 1957 to Grace Line Inc., renamed SS Santa Mercedes

Resold, 22 April 1960, to Central Gulf SS Corp., renamed SS Green Wave, 2 May 1960

Resold in July 1966 to Victory Carriers Inc., renamed SS Sagamore Hill

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 16 October 1970, to Li Chong Steel & Irons Works Co., LTD., Taiwan

Specifications:
Displacement 8,635 t.(lt) 13,910 t.(fl), 14,160 (lim)
Length 459' 2"
Beam 63'
Draft 26' 4"
Speed 16.5 kts.

Complement

Officers 24

Enlisted 223

Largest Boom Capacity 35 t.

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

sixteen single 20mm AA gun mounts

Boats

fourteen LCVPs

eight LCMs

Cargo Capacity 5,275DWT

non-refrigerated 380,000 Cu ft.

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 10,425 Bbls

Diesel 805 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric geared turbine

two Foster and Wheeler header-type boilers, 450psi 750°

double General Electric Main Reduction Gear

three Ship's Service Generators 300Kw, 120V/240V D.C.

single propeller, 6,000shp

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USS New Hanover (AKA-73)
100207306	89k	Launching of New Hanover (AKA-73), 31 October 1944, at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp, Wilmington, N.C. Photo from www.picryl.com by Cape Fear Museum of History and Science>/i>	John Spivey
	39k	New Hanover (AKA-73) immediately after launching at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp, Wilmington, N.C., 31 October 1944. North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp.photo.	Louis James Muccio
	209k	*USS New Hanover* (AKA-73)** under way in Charleston harbor, S. C., circa December 1944. She is about to pass under the Cooper River Bridge. The ship is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 6AO. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo # NH 45479	Mike Green
	51k	*USS New Hanover* (AKA-73)** under way, date and location unknown. Note the classic "Dazzle" pattern that has been painted on the ship, revealing the extremes of the various designs prepared for the Measure 32 Medium Pattern System. US Navy photo courtesy of Floating Drydock.	Robert Hurst
Merchant Service Grace Lines Central Gulf Lines Inc.
	108k	Ex-*USS New Hanover* (AKA-73)** moored pierside, circa 1957-60, location unknown, while in merchant service as the Grace Lines freighter SS Santa Mercedes.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	158k	Ex-*USS New Hanover* (AKA-73)** underway, circa 1960-66, location unknown, while in merchant service as the Central Gulf Lines freighter SS Green Wave. Photo was originally copyrighted by Alex Duncan.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus