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AK-111 Giansar

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 SS Thomas Ewing a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 625) at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 19 January 1943
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 5 October 1943
  • Commissioned, USS Giansar (AK-111), 29 October 1943, LCDR. C. J. King, USNR, commanding.
  • Decommissioned, 28 November 1945, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission the same day
  • Renamed SS Thomas Ewing, laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 December 1945
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1963
    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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    Giansar 133k Giansar (AK-111) (aft plan view) prior to conversion for Naval Service at San Francisco, 16 Oct. 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7171-43, 10/16/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Giansar 186k Giansar (AK-111) (forward plan view) prior to conversion for Naval Service at San Francisco, 16 Oct. 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7173-43, 10/16/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Giansar 68k Giansar (AK-111) (bow view) at anchor off San Francisco, 8 November 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7535-43, 11/8/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Giansar 50k Giansar (AK-111) (stern view) at anchor off San Francisco, 8 November 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7536-43, 11/8/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Giansar 74k Giansar (AK-111) (broadside view) at anchor off San Francisco, 8 November 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7538-43, 11/8/43.    		 Darryl Baker
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