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AK-102 Triangulum

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Crater Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 14 May 1943, as Eugene B. Daskam, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 1669), at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 6 June 1943
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 19 June 1943
  • Converted for Naval service at the Destroyer Base, San Diego, CA.
  • Commissioned, USS Triangulum (AK-102), 30 July 1943
  • Decommissioned, 15 April 1946, at Pearl Harbor, T.H.
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 2 July 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 July 1947
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Triangulum 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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