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LST-604 / AGP-11 Silenus

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Portunus Class Motor Torpedo Boat Tender:
  • Laid down, 28 October 1943 as LST-519 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
  • Redesignated LST-604, 18 December 1943
  • Launched, 20 March 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-604, 8 April 1944
  • Decommissioned. 29 April, 1944, at Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore MD. for conversion to a Motor Torpedo Boat Tender
  • Recommissioned, 9 August 1944 as Silenus (AGP-11)
  • Decommissioned, 14 March 1946, at New York City, N.Y.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 July 1947, to A. G. Vincent
  • Silenus received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,960 t.
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2"
    Speed 11.6 kts.
    Complement 283
    Boats 2 LCVP
    Armament one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, eight single 40mm gun mounts, eight single 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion 2 General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Selenus 28k Selenus (AGP-11) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Darlene and Owen Prowell for LT Joseph W. Prowell MC USNR USS Selenus
    Selenus 36k Selenus (AGP-11) ship's officers, (LT. Prowell, standing in back row far left end), date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Darlene and Owen Prowell for LT Joseph W. Prowell MC USNR USS Selenus
    Selenus 31k Selenus (AGP-11) crew at "Church Call", date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Darlene and Owen Prowell for LT Joseph W. Prowell MC USNR USS Selenus
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