Robert W. Baker Collection
undated
Manuscript Collection #657- Creator(s)
- Baker, Robert W.
- Physical description
- 0.024 Cubic Feet, 1 volume
- Preferred Citation
- Robert W. Baker Collection (#657), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
A Book of the History of U.S.S Waukesha, AKA 84. (undated)
Biographical/historical information
The U.S.S. Waukesha AKA 84 was built in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Navy acquired the ship in 1944 and turned it into an attack cargo ship. During World War II the ship was charged to the Pacific and was ordered to carry cargo Okinawa. After the haul was unloaded she was ordered to proceed to Pearl Harbor, but the order was cancelled due to the upcoming surrender of the Japanese. After World War II the U.S.S. Waukesha AKA 84 was decommissioned in 1946 and returned to the United States Maritime Commission's War Shipping Administration.
Scope and arrangement
This collection contains one folder of the Historical Book U.S.S. Waukesha AKA 84. The book contains photographs, new technologies aboard the ship, and first-hand testimonies of sailors about the ship.
Administrative information
Custodial History
Source of acquisition
Gift of Commander Robert W. Baker, USN (Ret)
Processing information
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Processed by Ashlyn Racine, August 2023
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Metadata Rights Declaration
Key terms
Corporate Names
Waukesha (Ship)Topical
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific OceanWorld War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American