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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
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
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 H. 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), 10,480 t.(fl)
    Length 391' 9"
    Beam 52' 2"
    Draft 24'
    Speed 11.5 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 21
    Enlisted 199
    Cargo Capacity 4,900 DWT
    non-refrigerated 273,731 Cu ft.
    Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    NSFO 8,475 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Bethlehem Shipbuilding vertical tripe-expansion steam engine
    three Scotch boilers, 200psi Sat°
    two turbo-drive 75Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 2,500shp
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    Regulus 99k Stern view of USS 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 USS Regulus (AK-14) underway, 20 March 1942, in San Francisco Bay,
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    USS Regulus (AK-14)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR. Doyle Jr., Thomas John8 August 1940 - ?
    02CDR. Kirby-Smith Jr., Edmund25 August 1942 - ?
    03LCDR. Johansen, Hartvig Bjorn3 June 1943 - December 1945
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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    Last Updated 5 April 2013