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AK-110 Alkes

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Crater Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 10 June 1943, as SS Increase A. Lapham, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 1584), at Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 29 June 1943
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 5 October 1943
  • Converted for Naval service at Huley Marine Works, Oakland, CA.
  • Commissioned, USS Alkes (AK-110), 29 October 1943, at Oakland, CA., CDR. W. H. Wight in command
  • Decommissioned, 20 February 1946, at Baltimore, MD.
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 27 February 1946
  • Renamed SS Increase A. Lapham by the Maritime Commission and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 October 1971, to Hierros Ardes S. A., Bilbao, Spain
  • Alkes received three 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 single 5"/38 DP gun mount
    one single 3"/50 DP gun mount
    two 40mm AA gun mounts
    six 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950shp
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    Alkes 78k Alkes (AK-110) (broadside view) off San Francisco, 2 November 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7443-43, 11/2/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Alkes 80k Alkes (AK-110) (forward plan view) moored pierside at San Francisco, 2 November 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7469-43, 11/2/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Alkes 74k Alkes (AK-110) (aft plan view) moored pierside at San Francisco, 2 November 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7470-43, 11/2/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Alkes 46k Alkes (AK-100) in San Francisco Bay, date unknown. Note the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the tip of Yerba Buena Island in the background.
    US Navy photo.    		 Russ Padden
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