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AKN-1 Indus

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Indus Class Net Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, as Theodore Roosevelt, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE 1814) at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc., Baltimore, MD.
  • Launched, 29 October 1943
  • Acquired by the Navy, 5 November 1943
  • Converted to a Net Cargo Ship at Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Commissioned USS Indus (AKN-1), 15 February 1944
  • Decommissioned, 20 May 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 23 May 1946
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, N.C. as Theodore Roosevelt
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1967
  • Indus received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,023 t.(lt) 14,500 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 28' 4"
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 288
    Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 40mm guns
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single propeller, 2,500shp
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    USS Indus (AKN-1)
    Indus 77k Indus (AKN-1) with net panels being assembled on her main deck at Manus, Admiralty Islands, circa June-July 1944.
    US Navy photo    		 Glen Paulson RM/2c USS Anaqua
    Theodore Roosevelt
    Indus 58k ex-Indus (AKN-1) laid up in reserve as Theodore Roosevelt, date and place unknown. David Nixon
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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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