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AK-99 Bootes

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Crater Class Cargo Ship
  • Laid down, 24 April 1943, as SS Thomas Oliver Larkin, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 1656), at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 16 May 1943
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 29 May 1943
  • Commissioned, USS Bootes (AK-99), 5 July 1943, Lcdr. Howard P. Bacon, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 22 April 1946, at Pearl Harbor, T.H.
  • Towed to San Francisco, in the spring of 1947
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 11 September 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., name reverted to Thomas Oliver Larkin
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1947
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1973
  • Bootes 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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    Bootes 123k Amidships looking aft plan view of Bootes (AK-99) at Alameda, CA., 4 December 1943.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 8076-43.         		Darryl Baker
    Bootes 121k Amidships looking forward plan view of Bootes (AK-99) at Alameda, CA., 4 December 1943.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 8076-43.         		Darryl Baker
    Bootes 66k Stern view of Bootes (AK-99) off San Francisco, CA., 10 December 1943.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 8261-43.         		Darryl Baker
    Bootes 69k Broadside view of Bootes (AK-99) off San Francisco, CA., 10 December 1943.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 8076-43.         		Darryl Baker
    Bootes 89k Bows on view of Bootes (AK-99) off San Francisco, CA., 10 December 1943.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 8076-43.         		Darryl Baker
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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