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U.S.S. MARQUETTE AKA-95 MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE 1952 A private edition printed and published for the U. S. S. Marquette by David fVaddington Publications of Trieste.
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U. S. S. MARQUETTE (AKA - 95) HISTOID The keel for hull 259, designated u the I MARQUETTE (AKA-95) was laid in the yards of the Federal Shipbuilding: and Drvdock Company at Kearny, New Jersey, during October, 1944, and the ship was launched on April, 1945. Marquette designated a- an attack cargo ship was converted from the Maritime Commission ' s C-2 type hull. Fully loaded, -In- displaces about 16,000 tons. Sin it approximately 460 feet long anil has a beam of 63 feet. The ship was com- missioned on June 20, 1945, at the Brooklyn I S Navy Yard, and she has since had eight commanding officers, with Captain Donald J. MacDonald, I SN in command at the present time. On the Lsl ot August, 1945, after a period of shakedown, and training. Marquette began a round-the-world voyage, covering 31,659 miles, and making 2 ports in 9 countries, including Australia, the Philhpme Islands. Strait- Settlements, Ceylon, Arabia, Egypt, and Greece. On arrival at Norfolk in April 1946. and until May 1948, (lie ship operated with the Amphibious Force, I .S. Atlantic Fleet, making reserve cruises and taking part in amphibious operation-. From May until October, 1948, she was in the Mediterranean, operating with the Sixth fleet. During the lirst months of 1 9 4 . Marquette was in the Puerto Rico area engaged in training troops of the Second Marine Air Wing. From Ma) until September. 1949, she operated in the Mediterranean, making such ports as Augusta, Sicily; Malta: Athens, Greece; Uarseilles. France: and Haifa. Israel. Activities during 1950 included Operation Portrex, in the I arribbean area, a Midshipmen training cruise, and amphibious operations off Bermuda. During 1951, the Marquette returned to the Mediterranean for a five month period during which liberty was enjoyed bv all hands in Gibraltar. Italy. Greece, Algiers, Malta, and Crete. Early in July she returned to the Norfolk area for an overhaul period at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Work was completed there on Sep- tember 12. During the remainder of 1951. Marquette went through a rigorous training period, followed by a three-week Caribbean cruise, and a period of upkeep and leave. Early in 1952, the ship participated in Operation Micowex. a cold weather exercise, in waters a few hundred miles south of Greenland. Following the 40 knot winds, rough seas and zero weather of Greenland, came a third voyage to the sunbaked Caribbean, where most of us were able to lose our nose colds and all of us breathed a little easier. A time of tender work in Norfolk came next, and following this, we began to take on supplies for the Cruise which will unfold in the pages following. Marquette has indeed Joined the Navy and seen the world .
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