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USAT Puebla

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:

Laid down, date unknown, as the passenger ship SS Orinoco at Bremer Vulcan, Vegesak, Germany

Launched, date unknown

Delivered in 1928

Sold, date unknown, to Mexican owners, renamed MV Puebla

Leased, date unknown, by International Shipping Co.

Acquired, 28 March 1942, by the War Shipping Administration from the International Shipping Co. at Tampico, Mex. as a sub bare bottom charter and assigned, 28 March 1942, to Moore McCormack Lines under a General Agency Agreement

Allocated, 15 November 1942, to the War Department, Transportation Corps.

Delivered, 5 June 1946, the War Shipping Administration Maritime Commission National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.

Assigned, 9 May 1946, to Dichman, Wright & Pugh under a General Agency Agreement

Re-delivered, 7 September 1946 to T.N. Epiphaniades for the International Shipping Co.

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 9,660 t.(gross)
Length 484'
Beam 61'
Draft 38'
Speed unknown

Complement and Troop Accommodations

Officers unknown

Enlisted unknown

Cargo Capacity unknown

Armament unknown

Fuel Capacity unknown

Propulsion

two 8-cyl diesel engines

two propellers, 6,800hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service
301305201	31k	MV Puebla underway, date and location unknown.	John Spivey
301305202	47k	MV Puebla underway, date and location unknown.	John Spivey
USAT Puebla
301305203	218k	USAT Puebla loading 2000 of the US Army 57th Infantry personnel on Thanksgiving Day, at San Fernando, La Union, Luzon, P. I., was the first transport to take on troops for return to the United States, 22 November 1945. A US Army photo, US National Archives Identifier 80680593 page 136	David Upton

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