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AK-93 / IX-173 Etamin


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 27APR44)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Crater Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 28 March 1943, as Isaac Babbitt, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 1106) at Permanente Metals Corp. Yard No. 2, Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 25 April 1943
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 8 May 1943
  • Commissioned, USS Etamin (AK-93), 25 May 1943, with a Coast Guard crew
  • Decommissioned, 26 June 1944, at Cairns Australia after being struck by a Japanese aerial torpedo at Milne Bay, New Guinea, 27 April 1944
  • Placed in service, 12 August 1944, as the non-self propelled storage hulk Etamin (IX-173)
  • Placed out of service, 9 July 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1946, and returned to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1949 at Shanghai, China
  • Etamin received two battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,023 t.(lt), 11,565 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 28' 4"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 198
    Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40mm guns, six 20mm guns
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950shp
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    Etamin 83k Aft plan view of Etamin (AK-93) moored pierside, San Francisco, CA., 11 May 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3509-43, 5/11/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Etamin 111k Amidship plan view of Etamin (AK-93) moored pierside, San Francisco, CA., 11 May 1943. Note that she still has the name board for SS Isaac Babbitt displayed.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3510-43, 5/11/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Etamin 75k Etamin (AK-93), broadside view, underway off San Francisco, 25 May 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3532-43, 5/25/43    		 Darryl Baker
    Etamin 51k Etamin (AK-93), Bows on view, underway off San Francisco, 25 May 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3534-43, 5/25/43    		 Darryl Baker
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    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
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - USS Etamin AK-93
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