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AKS-2 Pollux

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Castor Class General Stores Issue Ship:
  • Laid down, 26 May 1939. as Comet, a Maritime Commission type (C2-Cargo) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 33) at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.
  • Launched, 16 December 1939
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 16 January 1941
  • Converted to a General Stores Issue Ship at Brewers Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Hoboken, N.J.
  • Commissioned USS Pollux (AKS-2), 6 May 1941, CDR. Hugh W. Turney in command
  • Lost due to grounding, 18 February 1942, off St. Lawrence Harbor, Newfoundland at Laun's Point
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 March 1942
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,350 t.(lt) 13,910 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 2"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 26' 5"
    Speed 17 kts.
    Complement 199
    Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 gun mounts
    Propulsion steam turbine, single shaft, 6,000shp
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    Pollux 73k Pollux (AKS-2) underway off Boston Navy Yard, 10 October 1941.
    US Navy photo (Boston Navy Yard photo # 2532-41, 10 October 1941) now in the collections of the US National Archives, College Park, MD., RG-19-LCM, Box 69.    		 Dan Treadwell
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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