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USAT Yarmouth

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 Yarmouth at William Cramp & Sons ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, PA.
  • Launched in April 1927
  • Delivered in 1927 to Eastern Steam Ship Co. Inc.
  • Acquired, 9 May 1942, by the War Shipping Administration from Eastern Steam Ship Co. Inc.
  • Allocated, 28 July 1942, to the War Department as a bare bottom charter
  • During World War II USAT Yarmouth served in the Europe-Africa-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters
  • Redelivered, 12 February 1946 to the War Shipping Administration and was reverted on the same date to the Eastern Steam Ship Co. Inc.
  • Sold to a Liberian interest in April 1954, reflagged Liberia
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,043 gross t.
    Length 378'
    Beam 55'6"
    Draft 21'3"
    Speed unknown
    Radius 6,200 nm
    Complement
    Officers unknown
    Enlisted unknown
    Passenger Capacity 1,047
    Cargo Capacity 16,000 cu ft
    Largest Boom Capacity unknown
    Armament unknown
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    two steam turbines
    two propellers
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    Yarmouth 25k USAT Yarmouth at sea, date and location unknown
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    USAT Yarmouth 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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