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AF-26 Octans

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 - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Octans Class Stores Ship:
  • Built in 1917 as Ulua at Workman Clark and Co., Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 8 May 1943
  • Commissioned USS Octans (AF-26), 11 June 1943, LCDR. Otto J. Stein in command
  • Decommissioned, 6 March 1946, at Baltimore, MD. and returned to her owner the same day
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 20 March 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 11,030 t.(fl)
    Length 440'
    Beam 54' 4"
    Draft 26' 2"
    Speed 13.5 kts. (max)
    Complement 227
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 dual purpose guns, eight 20mm guns
    Propulsion Reciprocating engines, twin screws, 6,000hp
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    Octans 53k Bows on view of Octans (AF-26) off San Francisco, 19 June 1943.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AF 26 4494-43, dated 6/19/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Octans 49k Stern view of Octans (AF-26) off San Francisco, 19 June 1943.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AF 26 4498-43, dated 6/19/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Octans 93k Octans (AF-26) drydocked in YFD 18 at San Francisco, 15 June 1943. Octans was used to test the new Yard Floating Drydock which was 543’ long and 114’ wide and had a nominal lift of 10,500 tons.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # YFD 18 4375-43, dated 6/15/43.    		 Darryl Baker
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