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AKS-9 Volans

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Acubens Class General Stores Issue Ship
  • Laid down, 19 October 1942, as SS Edward Preble a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 772) at New England Shipbuilding Corp., South Portland, ME.
  • Launched, 2 February 1943
  • Designated General Stores Issue Ship (AKS-9), 13 November 1943
  • Fitted out at Tampa Bay Shipbuilding Co., Inc
  • Commissioned USS Volans (AKS-9), 31 March 1944, Cdr. Sherman R. Perie, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 17 June 1946, at Pearl Harbor
  • Towed to San Francisco and delivered to the Maritime Commission National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, 24 June 1947, for disposal, name reverted to SS Edward Preble
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1965
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,023 t.(lt) 14,350 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 7"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 27' 7"
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 195
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 2,500hp; Cruising radius 17,000 miles
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    Volans 33k Volans (AKS-9) moored to a buoy in the Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China, 1946. John Fahey
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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