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USAT Clevedon

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Transport:
  • Built in 1927 as the Passenger/Cargo ship MV Feltre at Stabilmento Tecnico, Trieste, Italy
  • Launched in 1927
  • Delivered in 1927 to Navigazione Libera Triestina, Trieste Italy
  • In 1937 she was owned by ltalia Societa Anonima di Navigazione, Italy
  • On 17 February 1937 Feltre, carrying a cargo of silver, was rammed and sunk by the Walter A. Luckenbach on the Columbia River near Portland, OR.
  • Salvaged in 1937, repaired in 1938 at Portland OR and sold in 1938 to Pacific Fisheries lnc., Bellingham WA. USA., renamed Clevedon reflagged USA
  • Acquired, 25 September 1941, by the U.S. Army as a Transport on a bareboat charter
  • Final Disposition, on 13 January 1942, while in U.S. Army service her engine-room caught on fire while unloading a cargo of ammunition at Yakutat, Alaska. She was towed by Taku about one mile away from the pier where she exploded and sank..
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,314 gross tons
    Length 430'8"
    Beam 55'5"
    Draft 27'3"
    Speed 11 kts
    Complement
    Officers unknown
    Enlisted, unknown
    Troopship Passenger Capacity 502
    Cargo Capacity 400,777 cu ft
    Cruise Radius 20,000 nm
    Propulsion
    Diesel
    Single shaft
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    Merchant Service
    Clevedon
    301301301    		 155k SS Clevedon under way, date and location unknown. Note the prominent American Flag painted on her sides indicating her neutrality.
    Photo from "Troopships of World War II"    		  
    Clevedon
    301301302    		 79k SS Clevedon under way, date and location unknown.
    Australian War Memorial     		John Spivey
    USAT Clevedon history is from "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles, Published by The Army Transportation Association, Washington, D.C., 1947
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