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AG-38 / AK-52 Matinicus / AP-75 Gemini

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Stratford Class Transport
  • Built, date unknown, as the lake-type freighter SS Coperas at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Renamed, SS Aetnain 1937, and later renamed SS Saginaw
  • Acquired by the Navy, 27 September 1941
  • Renamed Matinicus and designated as Miscellaneous Unclassified (AG-38)
  • Reclassified Cargo Ship (AK-52), 7 January 1942, while undergoing conversion at Bethlehem Steel Company, Boston, MA.
  • Commissioned USS Matinicus (AK-52), 4 August 1942, LCDR. W. L. Cain in command
  • Redesignated a Transport and renamed USS Gemini (AP-75), 15 August 1942
  • Decommissioned, 8 April 1946, at Oakland, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Sold, date unknown, by the Maritime Commission to, Oly Fenno S.S. Co. Ltd. and renamed SS Ramsdal
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,555 t. (lim.)
    Length 261
    Beam 43' 6"
    Draft 15' 9" (lim.)
    Speed 8.5 kts.
    Complement 365
    Troop Accommodations 265
    Armament two single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    Propulsion steam turbine
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    Gemini 30k Gemini (AP-75) underway, date and location unknown. Stan Svec
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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
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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