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AK-15 Sirius

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)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Sirius Class Cargo Ship:
  • Built in 1918-1919 as SS Saluda under a United States Shipping Board (USSB) contract at American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, PA.
  • Acquired by the Navy, 10 December 1921
  • Commissioned USS Sirius (AK-15), 20 January 1922
  • Decommissioned, 26 April 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 1 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 27 September 1947, to Kaiser Co.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,037 t. 11,500 t.(fl)
    Length 401'
    Beam 54' 1"
    Draft 24' 5"
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 189
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose guns
    eight 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion geared turbine engine, single screw, 2,500 shp
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    Sirius 28k Sirius (AK-15), date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Sirius 54k Sirius (AK-15), between the World War years, moored pierside, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from DANFS    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Sirius 100k Sirius (AK-15), at Guam, 23 June 1942, taking aboard Japanese prisoners of war, survivors of the aircraft carrier Hiryu, at Midway for transportation to Hawaii. They had been rescued by Ballard (AVD-10) a few days earlier. Note armed guards nearby, crowd of onlookers, and widespread use of the old-style "tin hat" battle helmets.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-79982-24 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    View the Sirius (AK-15)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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