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USS Warrick (AKA-89)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Juliet - Zulu
NHJZ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Philippines Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

Andromeda Class Attack Cargo Ship:

Laid down, 7 April 1944, as SS Black Prince, a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1189), at Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, CA.

Launched, 29 May 1944

Commissioned USS Warrick (AKA-89), 30 August 1944, LCDR. Ernest J. Grey, USNR, in command

During World War II USS Warrick (AKA-89) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
TransRon Nineteen, COMO. C.D. Edgar;
TransDiv Fifty-Seven, CAPT. G.F. Galpin USN (21) and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 12 to 13 January 1945	Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 6 March 1945

Following World War II USS Warrick was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
1 to 18 October 1945	6 June to 8 August 1946
4 to 16 November 1945	11 October to 11 November 1946
16 May to 5 June 1946	21 April to 5 May 1947
14 September to 10 October 1946	1 to 27 November 1948
12 to 25 November 1946	16 to 26 March 1949
7 to 30 May 1947	25 to 29 October 1950
22 to 30 October 1948
28 March to 22 April 1949

During the Korean War USS Warrick (AKA-89) participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates3
Korean War Campaign
North Korean Aggression, 25 September to 15 October 1950	Second Korean Winter, 24 to 28 March 1952

Decommissioned, 3 December 1957, at Astoria OR.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1961

USS Warrick earned two battle stars for her World War II service and two battle stars for Korean War service

Returned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.

Reacquired by the Navy for use as a target, 20 April 1971

Final Disposition, torpedoed and sunk by USS Trigger (SS-564) off Cape Flattery, WA., 28 May 1971

Specifications:
Displacement 8,635 t.(lt) 13,910 t.(fl)
Length 459' 2"
Beam 63'
Draft 26' 4"
Speed 16.5 kts.

Complement

Officers - 36

Enlisted - 330

Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

sixteen single 20mm AA gun mounts

Boats

fourteen LCVPs

eight LCMs

Cargo Capacity 5,143 DWT

non-refrigerated 440,000 Cu ft.

Fuel Capacities

NSFO - 11,190 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric geared turbine

two Foster Wheeler header-type boilers, 450psi 750°

double General Electric Main Reduction Gear

three 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ships's Service Generators

single propeller, 6,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	247k	*USS Warrick* (AKA-89)** underway, date and location unknown.	Howard Harris
	26k	*USS Warrick* (AKA-89)** underway, date and location unknown.	Russ Padden
	23k	*USS Warrick* (AKA-89)** underway at Mare Island, 21 January 1946. Guns and heavy-lift equipment for handling landing craft and assault cargo do not obscure the basic outline of the Maritime Commission C2 cargo ship from which she was converted. US Navy photo # 19-N-95003	Robert Hurst
	371k	Amidships looking aft plan view of *USS Warrick* (AKA-89)** at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 22 January 1946. Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 245-46, 1/22/46.	Darryl Baker
	353k	Forward plan view of *USS Warrick* (AKA-89)** at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 22 January 1946. Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 245-47, 1/22/46.	Darryl Baker
	56k	*USS Warrick* (AKA-89)** underway, date and location unknown.	Russ Padden
100208908	162k	*USS Warrick* (AKA-89)** outbound to sea, from San Diego Bay, circa late 1940s - early 1950s. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 105621	Robert Hurst
	1527k	*USS Warrick* (AKA-89)** underway in San Francisco Bay, 6 February 1952, US Navy photo USN #437968	David Buell

USS Warrick (AKA-89)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Grey, Ernest James, USNR	30 August 1944 - 1 August 1945
02	LT. Teller, Henry dePeyster, USNR	1 August 1945 - 15 March 1946
03	CAPT. Mayfield Jr., Albert Buford, USN (USNA 1927)	15 March 1946 - ?
04	CAPT. Monroe, Henry Stone, USN (USNA 1933) :RADM	1952 - October 1953
05	CAPT. Foster, John Lee, USN (USNA 1934)	August 1957 - 3 December 1957


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Warrick (AKA-89) War Diaries August 1944 to August 1945, Action Report and Load Characteristics
MARAD Vessel History Database

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