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AK-73 Arided

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Crater Class Cargo Ship
  • Laid down, 20 October 1942, as SS Noah H. Swayne, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 500), at Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 28 October 1942
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 12 November 1942
  • Converted for Naval service by the Matson Maintenance Co., San Francisco, CA.
  • Commissioned USS Arided (AK-73), 23 November 1942, at San Francisco, CA., LCDR. John B. Elaine in command
  • Decommissioned, 12 January 1946, at Pearl Harbor, T.H. and towed to San Francisco, CA
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 29 September 1947
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, scrapped, date unknown
  • Arided earned two battle stars for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,023 t.(lt) 14,250 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 27' 7"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 206
    Armament
    one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    eight 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion Joshua Hendy reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950shp
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    Arided 83k Broadside view of Arided (AK-73) off Mare Island, 26 November 1942.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7286-11-42, 11/26/42    		 Darryl Baker
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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