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AKS-14 Iolanda

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 - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Acubens Class General Stores Issue Ship:
  • Laid down as William A Dobson, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull under a Maritime Commission contract at New England Shipbuilding Corp., South Portland, ME.
  • Launched, 21 October 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy, and placed in reduced commission for transit to her fitting out yard, 31 October 1944
  • Decommissioned, 2 November 1944, at Bethlehem Steel's Simpson Yard, East Boston, MA. for conversion to a General Stores Issue Ship
  • Recommissioned USS Iolanda (AKS-14), 14 June 1945
  • Decommissioned, 11 July 1946, at Pearl Harbor, T.H.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 14 April 1947, at San Francisco for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1972
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,240 t.(lt) 10,600 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 28' 4"
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 193
    Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 gun mounts
    Propulsion General Machinery Corp, Hamilton, OH. reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 2,500shp
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    Iolanda 38k Iolanda (AKS-14) underway, 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
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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