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USS Lynx (AK-100)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Xray - Kilo
 NAXK
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Crater Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 26 April 1943, as SS Juan Baptista de Anza, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE 1657) at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 18 May 1943
  • Commissioned USS Lynx (AK-100), 26 July 1943, LCDR. Leander Jeffrey in command
  • During World War II USS Lynx was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 April to 5 May 1945

  • Decommissioned, and returned to the Maritime Commission, 1 November 1945, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., name reverted to SS Juan Baptista de Anza
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 16 November 1945
  • USS Lynx earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 3 October 1972, to The Learner Corp./Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., Oakland, CA., removed, 10 November 1972, to The Learner Corp., Oakland, CA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,023 t.(lt) 14,550 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 28' 4"
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 24
    Enlisted 214
    Cargo Capacity 7,750 DWT
    non-refrigerated 404,845 Cu ft
    Largest Boom Capacity 50 t.
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount
    one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    six single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    NSFO 7,285 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Joshua-Hendy. vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
    two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 220psi 450°
    Ship's Service Generators
     one turbo-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.
     three recip-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.
    single propeller, 2,500shp
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    Lynx 33k USS Lynx (AK-100) at anchor, date and location unknown. Douglas Johnson
    Lynx 53k Her “Liberty Ship” lines clearly apparent, USS Lynx (AK-100), part of a tank landing craft (LCT) secured as deck cargo forward, delivers Section 13 of the advanced base sectional dock USS ABSD-1 at Pallikula Bay, Espiritu Santo, 1 February 1944.
    US National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-244481, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Mike Green
    USS Lynx (AK-100)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR. Jeffrey, Leander, USNR26 July 1943 - 10 May 1944
    02LCDR. Berrey, Julius Max10 May 1944 - 1 November 1945
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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