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AK-80 Enceladus


USS Enceladus (AK-80) was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Enceladus Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 14 February 1942, as Elias D. Knight, a Maritime Commission type (N3-M-A1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 463), at Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 9 October 1942
  • Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission, 18 August 1943
  • Commissioned, 18 August 1943, Lt. Melville M. Coombs, USCGR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 18 December 1945, at Pearl Harbor, T.H.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Sold in 1964 for non-transportation use
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,677 t.(lt), 5,202 t.(fl)
    Length 269' 10"
    Beam 42' 6"
    Draft 20' 9"
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 83
    Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    Propulsion diesel, single shaft, 1,300shp
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