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USAT Nebraskan


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Paciic Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal


Freighter:
  • Laid down, circa 1910 by Bremer Vulkan, Vagasack, Germany
  • Launched, circa 1911
  • Completed in July 1912
  • Nebraskan operated under various flags and names (Kermit, Appeles, Elass) prior to be acquired the War Shipping Administration
  • Acquired by the War Shipping Administraion from the Hawaii American Steamship Co., at Seattle, WA., 9 February 1942
  • Lend-Lease to the Soviet Union, at San Francisco, CA., 2 December 1942, renamd Sukhona
  • Re-acquired by American Hawaii Steamship Co., 6 April 1944 at San Francisco, CA. in a General Agency Agreement from the War Shipping Administration
  • Acquired by the War Department, 10 October 1944 as a Bare Bottom Charter
  • Commissioned, USAT Nebraskan, date unknown
  • Nebraskan was assigned to the Southwest Pacific Command U.S Army Small Ships Section and served as a Mobile Floating Warehouse
  • Decommissioned, 17 October 1946, at the National Defense Reserve Fleeti, Wilmington, N.C.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 17 October 1947, Maritime Administration contract PDX-378 for $58,680
    Specifications:
  • Displacement 6,572 t. gross, 11,992 t. DWT
  • Length 571'5"
  • Beam 59'
  • Draft 31'8"
  • Speed 11 kts.
  • Complement unknown
  • Armament: unknown
  • Propulsion:
    four boilers
    one vertical triple expansion steam engine
    single shaft

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    Size Image Description Source
    Nebraskan
    301311401
    166k USAT Nebraskan underway with flags, circa 1910-1915, location unknown.
    Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA - Bain News Service
    John Spivey

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    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    MARAD Vessel History Database
    USAT Nebraskan by William Elmgreen

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