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USAT Shawnee

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
  • Built in 1927 as the passenger ship SS Shawnee at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Co., Newport News, VA.
  • Launched in April 1927
  • Delivered in 1927
  • SS Shawnee began her merchant service with the Clyde-Mallory Lines between New York, Florida and the Caribbean ports
  • Acquired, 18 December 1941 from Agwilines. Inc. by the War Shipping Administration
  • Reallocated, 18 December 1941, to Agwilines, Inc., under a General Agency Agreement
  • Assigned, 20 September 1942, to the War Department, sub bare bottom charter to Agwilines Inc.
  • During World War II USAT Shawnee operated in both the Europe-Africa-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters
  • Returned to the War Shipping Administration, 4 March 1946, who in turn re-delivered the ship to Agwilines Inc.
  • Sold, 11 March 1947, to Iberian Star Line and renamed SS City of Lisbon, reflagged Panama
  • Sold in September 1947 to Yugoslavia interests, renamed SS Partizanka
  • Final Disposition, destroyed by fire while undergoing repairs in Split in August 1949
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,209 gross t.
    Length 409'
    Beam 62'
    Draft 21'
    Speed 16 kts
    Radius 5,500 nm
    Complement
    Officers unknown
    Enlisted unknown
    Passenger Capacity 1,589
    Cargo Capacity 24,200 cu ft
    Largest Boom Capacity unknown
    Armament unknown
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    Propulsion
    two steam turbines
    two propellers
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    For Full Size Image    		Size Image Description Source
    Merchant Service Clyde Mallory Lines
    Shawnee 102k SS Shawnee under way in New York harbor, date unknown.
    Photo courtesy Shipscribe.com     		 
    Shawnee 56k A group of A group of Los Angeles Nisei bid farewell to old friends, 30 November 1946, aboard the SS Shawnee, detailed to return persons of Japanese ancestry, evacuated from Hawaii during the war, to their former homes.
    A War Relocation Authority Photo by Charles E. Mace     		Online Library of California
    USAT Shawnee history is from "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles, Published by The Army Transportation Association, Washington, D.C., 1947
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    MARAD Vessel History Database
    AG and MM Board USA - USAT Shawnee
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