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USS Antares (AKS-3)
ex
 USS Antares (AG-10) (1922 - 1940)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Tango - Bravo
 NATB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (2-7 December 1941, 25 June 1945)
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Antares Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary:
  • Laid down, 3 July 1917, as SS Nedmac, under a United States Shipping Board (USSB) contract at American International Ship Building Corp.
  • Launched, 30 May 1919
  • Delivered to the USSB, 26 July 1919
  • Acquired by the Navy, 14 November 1921
  • Commissioned USS Antares (AG-10), 23 February 1922 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA., LCDR. Howard E. Pinkham, USNRF, in command
  • Reclassified General Stores Ship (AKS-3), 30 November 1940
  • During World War II USS Antares was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 9 May to 18 June 1945

  • Following World War II USS Antares 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 to 30 November 19451 December 1945 to 18 April 1946

  • Decommissioned, 2 August 1946 at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Vessel Register, 25 September 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 September 1947, to Kaiser and Co.1947
  • USS Antares earned two battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,720 t.(lim)
    Length 401'
    Beam 54' 2"
    Draft 24' 5"
    Speed 11.5 kts. Complement
    Officers 17
    Enlisted 213
    Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.
    Armament
    AGS - 6-pdrs (authorized but not installed at time of commissioning)
    AKS - two 5"/51 cal dual purpose gun mounts, four 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts, eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 7,340 Bbls
    Propulsion system
    one General Electric Curtis turbine
    three Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 215psi 475°
    double General Electric Main Reduction Gears
    Ship's Service Generators
    one turbo-drive 50Kw 120V D.C.
    two turbo-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.
    single propeller, 2,500shp
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    Antares 68k USS Antares (AG-10) at anchor, date and location unknown. Jon Burdett
    Antares 42k USS Antares (AG-10), assisted by Samoset (YT-5) departing Philadelphia Navy Yard, bound for Panama, 1 March 1923. Robert Hurst
    Antares 289k USS Antares (AG-10) signed photo, date and location unknown. Will Seippel
    Antares 60k USS Antares (AG-10) postal cover commemorating her fourteen year of commissioned service. Jon Burdett
    USS Antares (AG-10 / AKS-3)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    LCDR. Pinkham, Howard E.23 February 1922 - 8 January 1923
    CAPT. Pope, Ralph Elton8 January 1923 - 11 November 1923
    LCDR. Johnson, Benjamin Kent11 November 1923 - 1925
    CAPT. Cook, Harold Earle2 June 1926 - 8 June 1928
    CAPT. Jeffers, William Nicholson8 June 1928 - 13 May 1929
    CAPT. Soule, Jr., Charles Carroll13 May 1929 - ?
    CDR. Pamperin, Lyell St. Louis13 May 1938 - June 139
    CDR. DuVal, Jr., Miles Percy.June 1939 - ?
    CAPT. Grannis, Lawrence C.1940 - 1942
    CDR. Bellingham, Harold JacksonWWII
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Pearl Harbor Action Report US Naval History and Heritage Command
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    Last Updated 22 March 2013