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USS Woodford (AKA-86)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Lima - Mike
NHLM

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Tolland Class Attack Cargo Ship:

Laid down, 17 July 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1399), at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp. Wilmington, N.C.

Launched, 5 October 1944

Acquired by the US Navy, 19 October 1944, from the Maritime Commission, and towed to her conversion yard at Hoboken, N.J.

Commissioned USS Woodford (AKA-86), 3 March 1945, at Todd Shipyard Corp., Hoboken, N.J., CAPT. Winston E. P. Folk USN in command

During WWII USS Woodford was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 24 to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS Woodford was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
5 to 15 September 1945
9 October to 15 December1945

Decommissioned, 1 May 1946, at Norfolk VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946

USS Woodford earned one battle star for World War II service

Returned to the Maritime Commission at Lee Hall, VA., 10 May 1946, for disposal

Merchant Service
Sold by the Maritime Commission for commercial service, 31 October 1947, to A. H. Bull Steamship Co., N.Y., renamed SS Suzanne
Sold to Westmount Shipping Co., N.Y., 14 December 1965, renamed SS Rappahannock

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 19 May 1973, to Sing Cheng Yung Iron & Steel 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 38

Enlisted 387

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 5,275 DWT

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Woodford (AKA-86)
	39k	*USS Woodford* (AKA-86)** under way, date and location unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
Merchant Service
	292k	Bow view of ex-*USS Woodford* (AKA-86)** in merchant service as Westmount Shipping Co.'s SS Rappahannock moored at Bremerhaven, Germany while working cargo, 5 March 1967	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	433k	Stern view of SS Rappahannock moored at Bremerhaven, Germany while working cargo, 5 March 1967	Photos by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	333k		Photos by Gerhard Mueller-Debus

USS Woodford (AKA-86)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Folk, Winston Estes Pilcher, USN (USNA 1923)	3 March 1945 - 1 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Woodford (AKA-86) War Diaries April 1945 to November 1945 and Ship's History
MARAD Vessel History Database

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