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AG-76 / AKS- 24 Avery Island

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)
Basilan Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary:
  • Laid down, 31 October 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 3085) at New England Shipbuilding Corp., South Portland, ME.
  • Launched, 13 December 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy and placed in partial commission, 21 December 1944, LCDR. J. H. Graves, Jr., USNR in command
  • Ferried to Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, NY and decommissioned, 24 December 1944, for conversion for naval service
  • Recommissioned USS Avery Island (AG-76), 31 July 1945, at New York Navy Yard
  • Decommissioned, 27 May 1947, at San Pedro, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Redesignated General Stores Issue Ship (AKS-24), 18 August 1951
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 4 January 1960, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 5 December 1960, at San Diego, CA., to Hugo Neu Steel Products Inc., scrapped at Sakai Japan in 1961
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,371 t.(lt) 14,200 t.(fl)
    Length 442'
    Beam 57'
    Draft 23'
    Speed 11.5 kts. (max)
    Complement 891
    Armament four 40mm single gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950hp
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    Avery Island 46k Avery Island (AG-76) at anchor, date and location unknown. Courtesy Avery Island, Inc., Archives,
    Avery Island, LA.
    View the Avery Island (AG-76 / AKS-24)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Navy Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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