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AK-94 Mintaka

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Golf - Papa
 NKGP
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 25 May 1945) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS Mintaka (AK-94) was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Crater Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 9 February 1943, as SS Ansel Briggs, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 10 May 1943
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 26 March 1943
  • Commissioned, USS Mintaka (AK-94), 10 May 1943, at San Diego, CA., LCDR. L. S. Burgess, USCGR, in command
  • During World War II Mintaka was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign;
  • Decommissioned, 12 February 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 12 February 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group, Benecia, CA., name reverted to SS Ansel Briggs
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 26 February 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 March 1968, at Suisun Bay, to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp.
  • Mintaka received one battle star 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
    four 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950shp
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    Mintaka 58k Mintaka (AK-94 underway during World War II, with a tug alongside.
    US Navy photo # NH 84613 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    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 Mintaka AK-94
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