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AK-258 / AKS-33 Antares

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon)
Greenville Victory Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 6 April 1944, as Nampa Victory, a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 107), at Oregon Shipbuilding Co., Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 19 May 1944
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 10 June 1944 for operation by International Freighting Co. under a contract with the War Shipping Administration
  • Acquired by the US Navy in 1951
  • Converted for naval service at Maryland Drydocks Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Commissioned USS Antares (AK-258) at Baltimore, 12 February 1952, for conversion

    Antares Class General Stores Issue Ship
  • Redesignated (AKS-33), 1 April 1959
  • Decommissioned, 18 December 1964, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1965
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1975
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,960 t.
    Length 455' 3"
    Beam 62'
    Draft 28' 6"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 250
    Armament two twin 40mm gun mounts
    Propulsion steam turbine, single shaft, 8,500shp
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    Antares 22k Antares (AKS-33) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Ginter Krebs
    Antares 122k Antares (AKS-33) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine October 1962    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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