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Lost to enemy action, 23 June 1943

AK-78 Deimos



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - 23 June 1943)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Crater Class Cargo Ship
  • Laid down, 27 November 1942, as SS Chief Ouray, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MCE hull 513) at Permanente Metals Corp., Yard No. 1, Richmond, CA.; Launched, 28 December 1942
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 7 January 1943
  • Commissioned, USS Deimos (AK-78), 23 January 1943, LCDR. W. L. Sorenson, USNR, in command
  • During World War II Deimos was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Severely damaged by Japanese torpedo attack, 23 June 1943, abandoned and sunk by gun fire from O'Bannon (DD-450), at 11°26' S., 162°01'E.
  • Deimos received one battle star for 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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    Deimos 76k Broadside view of Deimos (AK-78) underway off San Francisco, 26 January 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 732-1-43, 1/26/43.    		 Darryl Baker
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