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AK-48 / IX-222 Pegasus

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine LIberation Medal
Pegasus Class Cargo Ship:
  • Built in 1939 as Rita Maersk at Helsingors, Jernskibs, og Maskinbyggeri A/A, Helsingor, Denmark
  • Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission, 18 September 1941
  • Converted for Naval service at Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair Corp., New York, N.Y.
  • Commissioned, USS Pegasus (AK-48), 3 December 1941
  • Redesignated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX-222), 15 May 1945
  • Decommissioned, 19 April 1946, at San Francisco, CA., and returned to the Maritime Commission the same day
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,930 t.(lt)
    Length 299' 1"
    Beam 43' 6"
    Draft 14'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 156
    Armament one single 4" gun mount, one single 3" gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion system unknown
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