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Keel Laid - November 23, 1944 - North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
 Launched - January 20, 1945 - Wilmington, North Carolina
Sponsor Miss Anne Lillian Dimond
Delivered to U.S. Navy - February 19, 1945
Commissioned - August 11, 1945 - Charleston, South Carolina
Decommissioned - July 2, 1973 - Bayonne, New Jersey
Sold to US Ship Company, Camden, New Jersey (for $152,666.00)
Dismantled - March to October 1974

 
 
HOME FOR GOOD - Ashley's Thank You Video
HOME FOR GOOD - HFG Thank You Video

 
Crew Pictures
 Cruise Pictures
Ship's Photos
Sea Stories		 Ship's Library with pictures of Shipmates, Cruises, the Ship and the Reuniuons; Deck Logs and the Scrapbook Deck Logs
Ship's History
Scrap Book
Reunion Photos
2025 REUNION INFORMATION

 
Roster of Association Officers:

 President Emeritus: Ron Zimmerman Sr, SKCS(SW), USN(Ret)  

President: Jim Dunno, BT1, USNR(Ret)
(740)817-2177 - president@greatsitkin.org

Vice President/Webmaster: Thomas Stachelski, SN
(843)879-8436 - vp@greatsitkin.org

Secretary: Joe Rios
(323)709-5688 - secretary@greatsitkin.org

Treasurer: George "Webos" Kaiser, DCC, USNR(Ret)
(484)629-8622 - treasurer@greatsitkin.org

 

  

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This page last updated on 08/02/2025