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AF-14 Uranus

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Uranus Class Stores Ship:
  • Built in 1933 as SS Helga by Helsingoors Shipbuilding Works, Elsinore, Denmark, for J. Lauritzen A/S, (JL), Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Renamed SS Caravelle in 1938
  • Renamed SS Marie in 1940
  • Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission, 11 August 1941
  • Converted for Naval service at Robbins Drydock Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Commissioned USS Uranus (AF-14), 27 October 1941, at Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Decommissioned, 8 May 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 9 May 1946, for return to J. Lauritzen
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 May 1946
  • Returned to commercial service by J. Lauritzen as SS Maria Dan, re-flagged Danish, registered at Esbjerg, Denmark, engaged in carrying wood pulp from the Baltic to the United Kingdom until about 1959
  • Sold to Chrisot M. Sarlis, Patras, Greece, in 1959, renamed SS Michael
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Sveti Kajo, Split, Yugoslavia in 1968
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,348 t.(fl)
    Length 269' 6"
    Beam 39' 6"
    Draft 16'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 93
    Cargo Capacity 1,135 DWT
    Armament
    two single 3"/50 DP gun mounts
    six single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single propeller
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    Uranus 33k Uranus (AF-14) underway, date and place unknown Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Commercial Service
    Uranus 84k ex-Uranus (AF-14) at the breakers yard, Sveti Kajo, Split, Yugoslavia in 1968 David Nixon
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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