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AK-14 Regulus

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 - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Regulus Class Cargo Ship:
  • laid down in 1920 as SS Glenora, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Wilmington, DE.
  • Acquired by the US Navy from the War Shipping Board, 7 November 1921
  • Held in reserve for two decades
  • Commissioned, USS Regulus (AK-14), 14 December 1940, CDR. James Doyle in command.
  • Decommissioned, 25 March 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946;
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 1 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 29 September 1947, to Kaiser Co.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,590 t.(lt), 10,550 t.(fl)
    Length 391' 9"
    Beam 52' 2"
    Draft 24'
    Speed 11.5 kts.
    Complement 48
    Armament
    two single 5" gun mounts
    four single 3" gun mounts
    Propulsion system unknown
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    Regulus 99k Stern view of Regulus (AK-14) at Mare Island, 13 March 1942. Regulus was under repairs at Mare Island from 17 January to 20 March 1942. Note the exposed after steering station on her stern.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1332-3-42, 3/13/42.    		 Darryl Baker
    Regulus 50k Regulus (AK-14) underway, 20 March 1942, in San Francisco Bay,
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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