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USS Cybele (AKS-10)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Whiskey - November NCWN

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Acubens Class General Stores Issue Ship:

Laid down, 29 August 1944, as SS William Hackett, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 2820) at Delta Shipbuilding Co., New Orleans, LA.

Launched, 9 October 1944

Acquired by the US Navy, 14 November 1944

Completed as a General Stores Issue Ship at Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, FL.

Commissioned USS Cybele (AKS-10), 16 April 1945, CDR. John H. Church, USNR, in command

During World War II USS Cybele was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Following World War II USS Cybele was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 September 1945 to 16 April 1946	2 September 1945 to 16 April 1946

Decommissioned, 22 August 1946, at Pearl Harbor

All ships of the Acubens class were meant to be used as Bikini Assets, in 'C' test and were kept at Pearl Harbor until a decision was made in 1947 to transfer custody of these ships to the Maritime Commission

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, at San Francisco for disposal, 24 April 1947

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, name reverted to SS William Hackett

Name reverted to SS Cybele in October 1954

Final Disposition, scrapped in April 1965

Specifications:
Displacement 5,240 t.(lt) 14,550 t.(fl)
Length 441' 6"
Beam 56' 11"
Draft 28' 4"
Speed 12.5 kts.

Complement

Officers 17

Enlisted 176

Cargo Capacities 5,900DWT

Non-refrigerated 220,166 Cu ft

Refrigerated 21,800 Cu ft

Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 13,475 Bbls

Diesel 695 Bbls

Propulsion

one Iron Fireman vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine

two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 220psi 450°

two turbo-drive 150Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

single propeller, 2,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	64k	*USS Cybele* (AKS-10)** at anchor, circa 1945-46. US Navy photo #: NH 83308 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1975.		US Naval History and Heritage Command

USS Cybele (AKS-10)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Church Jr., John Howard, USNR	16 April 1945 - 18 February 1946
02	CDR. Luther, Roger Williams, USNR	18 February 1946 - 22 August 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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