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AK-103 Sculptor

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Crater Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 18 May 1943, as SS D. W. Harrington, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 1671), at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 10 June 1943
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 22 June 1943
  • Commissioned, USS Sculptor (AK-103), 10 August 1943, LCDR. George C. Bosson in command
  • During World War II Sculptor was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 26 February 1946, at Baltimore, MD.
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 8 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1947
  • Sold for commercial service by the Maritime Commission to a Greek shipping company, renamed SS Dimosthenis Pantaleon
  • Final Disposition, scrapped at Trieste, Italy, in 1969
    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 single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    one reciprocating steam engine
    single propeller
    design shaft horsepower, 1,950shp
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    Sculptor 57k Ex-Sculptor (AK-103) in commercial service as the Greek flagged SS Dimosthenis Pantaleon at Bremen, Germany, in October 1967. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
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