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USAT David W. Branch

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
  • Built in 1915 as the Passenger ship SS Ecuador by "DeSchelde" Koninklijke, Maalschappij, Flushing, Holland
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered date unknown
  • Renamed SS Santa Olivia, date unknown
  • Accepted by the War Shipping Administration, 13 April 1942, from Libby, McNeill and Libby, at Seattle WA.
  • Acquired, 15 July 1942, by the War Department under charter from the War Shipping Administration
  • USAT David W. Branch served exclusively in Alaskan waters during World War II
  • Returned to the War Shipping Administration, date unknown
  • Delivered, 8 March 1946, to Alaska Packers Association under a General Agency Agreement
  • Redelivered, 23 August 1946, to Libby, McNeill and Libby, at Seattle, WA.
  • Reregistered in Panama in August 1947, renamed SS Luxor
  • renamed SS Negbah, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in December 1956
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,544 gross tons
    Length 395'
    Beam 48'6"
    Draft 24'9"
    Speed 12 kts
    Complement
    Officers unknown
    Crew unknown
    Armed Guard unknown
    Troopship Passenger Capacity 1,050
    Cargo Capacity 96,594 cu ft
    Cruise Radius 9,660 nm
    Propulsion
    one triple expansion steams engine
    single shaft
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    USAT David W. Branch
    David W. Branch 139k USAT David W. Branch under way, date and location unknown "Troopships of World War II"
    USAT David W. Branch 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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