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USS Akutan (AE-13)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Romeo - Whiskey
 NJRW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
Lassen Class Ammunition Ship:
  • Laid down, 20 June 1944, under a Maritime Commission contract at Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, FL.
  • Launched, 17 September 1944
  • Commissioned, USS Akutan (AE-13), 15 February 1945, CDR. R. C. Brown in command
  • During World War II USS Akutan was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 21 May to 30 June 1945     		3rd Fleet operations against Japan, 13 to 15 August 1945

  • Decommissioned, 19 October 1946, at Orange TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, 8 March 1960
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX., 30 June 1960
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 16 February 1978, to B.S. & S. Inc. Beaumont, TX. Physically removed from the Reserve Fleet, 10 March 1978
  • USS Akutan earned two battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6.350 t.(lt) 13.855 t.(fl)
    Length 459'
    Beam 63'
    Draft 25' 11"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 280
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    eight twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 5,000DWT
    Propulsion diesel, single shaft, 6,000hp.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
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    Last updated 9 November 2007