USNS Sgt. Andrew Miller

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USNS Sgt. Andrew Miller (T-AK-242) riding high in ballast, circa the 1960s
History
United States
Name
  • Radcliffe Victory
  • Sgt. Andrew Miller
Namesake
OwnerWar Shipping Administration
Operator
American West African Lines
Orderedas type (VC2-S-AP2) hull,
MCV
hull 743
Builder
Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Laid down22 February 1945, as SS Radcliffe Victory
Launched4 April 1945
Sponsored byMrs. Charles H. Owens
Completed28 April 1945
Acquiredby the US Army, 26 July 1946
In service1 March 1950, as USNS Sgt. Andrew Miller (T-AK-242)
Out of servicedate unknown
Renamed31 October 1947, USAT Sgt. Andrew Miller
Stricken16 January 1981
Homeport
San Francisco, California
IdentificationHull symbol:T-AK-242
Honours and
awards		American Campaign Medal
FateScrapped November 1983
General characteristics [1]
Class and type
Boulder Victory-class cargo ship
Displacement
  • 4,480 long tons (4,550 t) (standard)
  • 15,580 long tons (15,830 t) (full load)
Length455 ft (139 m)
Beam62 ft (19 m)
Draft29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Installed power8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × Steam turbine
  • 1 × shaft
Speed15.5 kn (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h)
Complement99 officers and enlisted
Armamentnone

USNS Sgt. Andrew Miller (T-AK-242) was built as

Military Sea Transportation Service
(MSTS). In 1981 she ended her career and was placed into reserve.

Victory ship built in California

SS Radcliffe Victory was laid down on 22 February 1945, under a

American-West African Line
.

US Army service

After the end of World War II, Radcliffe Victory was returned to WSA and was further transferred to the

Army Transportation Corps
on 26 July 1946. Renamed Sgt. Andrew Miller on 31 October 1947, the cargo ship remained with the Army Transportation Corps until 1 March 1950.

Service with the MSTS

She was transferred to the Navy for operation by the newly established

Military Sea Transportation Service
(MSTS), becoming USNS Sgt. Andrew Miller (T-AK-242).

Homeported at

U.S. West Coast
.

Korean War service

Arriving after the outbreak of war in

Pusan to commence offloading. Two weeks later, she started back across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii
, where she took on more cargo; and, on 15 September, she again sailed west.

During November, she delivered cargo at

Task Group 90.2, the Hungnam evacuation force. On 13 December, she sailed for that North Korean
port; where, from the 18th to the 20th, she took on men and equipment as units fought back to the harbor after the entry of Communist Chinese forces into the conflict.

The ship offloaded at

Aleutians
into the summer; and, in August, she resumed runs to Japan and Korea.

During April and May 1952, she again carried cargo to islands in the Central Pacific; then, in June, returned to logistics support of

Okinawa
; and, early in 1953, her calls at Central Pacific ports were made en route to the Far East. During the spring of that year, she resumed non-stop runs to Japan and Korea.

Vietnam operations

After the truce agreement in July 1953, Sgt. Andrew Miller continued runs to Japan and Korea and to the islands of the central and northern Pacific. In the summer of 1954, she was called on to assist in

Saigon
following the division of the former French colony.

Following one run, she resumed her transpacific operations and expanded her range to include ports in

Philippine Islands. During the late 1950s and into the 1960s, she occasionally interrupted her Pacific operations for brief periods of service on transatlantic runs; but, into the fall of 1974, she remains in the Pacific in the Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet. During the Fall of Saigon she participated in the MSC evacuation operation conducted concurrently with Operation Frequent Wind taking onboard 6148 refugees.[2][3]

Decommissioning

The ship was decommissioned at an unknown date and struck from the

U.S. Maritime Administration
on 18 February 1983. She was scrapped in November 1983.

Honors and awards

Eligible on-board personnel were authorized the following:

See also

References

  1. ^ "USNS Sgt. Andrew Miller (T-AK-242)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "Chapter 5: The Final Curtain, 1973–1975". history.navy.mil. 2000. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
  3. ISBN 9780945274926
    .
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