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AG-78 / AKS- 26 Kent Island

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Belle Isle Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary
  • Laid down, 19 November 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 3092) at New England Shipbuilding Corp., South Portland, ME.
  • Launched, 9 January 1945
  • Acquired by the Navy and commissioned USS Kent Island, 19 January 1945
  • Ferried to Todd Shipbuilding Co., Hoboken, N.J. for completion as a barracks and issue ship
  • Decommissioned, 23 January 1945
  • Recommissioned USS Kent Island (AG-78), 1 August 1945, Cdr. W. C. Ball, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 22 June 1946, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group
  • Redesignated a General Stores Issue Ship (AKS-26), 18 August 1951
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1960
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 2 November 1960, to Southern Scrap Material Co.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,766 t.(lt) 14,200 t.(fl)
    Length 441'6"
    Beam 56'11"
    Draft 23'
    Speed 12.5 kts. (max)
    Complement 883
    Armament one single 5'/38 dual purpose gun mount, twelve 20mm single AA gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950hp
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    Kent Island 41k Kent Island (AG-78) at Orange, TX., prior to lay up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, circa, 15 to 22 March 1946. Dawn and William George Randolph Jr. S/1c USS Indian Island
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