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USS ''Yancey'' (AKA-93/LKA-93) was an built by the Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland, California for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was named in honor of Yancey County, North Carolina. ''Yancey''s keel was laid in May 1944, and the ship was launched in July, and commissioned in October. The ship operated in the Pacific during the war and was a participant in the amphibious landings at Iwo Jima in February 1945 and Okinawa in April. After Japan's surrender in August, ''Yancey'' was in Tokyo Bay during the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on 2 September. The ship made voyages delivering troops for the occupation of Japan before returning to the United States in January 1946. After spending most of the next year on the east coast, ''Yancey'' was ordered back into the Pacific in November, and took part in Operation Highjump, a Navy expedition to Antarctica in January 1947; Yancey Glacier was named in the ship's honor. After spending most of the next decade in duties in the Western Pacific, ''Yancey'' was decommissioned in March 1958 and placed in reserve at Olympia, Washington. ''Yancey'' was reactivated in the aftermath of the Berlin Crisis of 1961 and recommissioned in November. During the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis she sailed in support of the U.S. blockade of Cuba, and during the April 1965 U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic she carried almost a quarter of all of the evacuees from Santo Domingo. In January 1970, ''Yancey'' was blown by a storm into the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel which closed the structure for several weeks. The ship was decommissioned for the final time in January 1971, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register in January 1977. After being stripped of salvageable materials, the ship was sunk as an artificial reef off the North Carolina coast in 1990. The ship is intact and rests on her starboard side at a depth of . == Design and construction == ''Yancey'' was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1193) on 22 May 1944 by the Moore Dry Dock Company at Oakland, California. The ship was launched on 8 July 1944 and was sponsored by Miss Beverly Bartlett. As built, ''Yancey'' was just over long and abeam. When fully loaded she had a displacement of and drew a little more than .〔 She was powered by a single steam turbine capable of generating ,〔 and attained a top speed of during her trials. ''Yancey'' was equipped to carry eight LCMs ("Landing Craft Mechanized"), which were designed to land vehicles in amphibious landings; one LCP(L) ("Landing Craft, Personnel (Large)"); and fifteen LCVPs ("Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel"), or Higgins boats.〔 ''Yancey'' was outfitted with primarily defensive weapons: one dual-purpose gun mount,;〔The ''38'' denotes the length of the gun barrel; in this case, the gun is 38 calibers, meaning that the gun is 38 times longas its bore, or .〕 four twin anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts; and sixteen AA gun mounts.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Yancey (AKA-93)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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