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AK-25 / AKA-8 Algorab

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (2- retroactive 30 June 1943, 10 April 1945-Okinawa) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Arcturus Class Cargo Ship
  • Laid down, 10 August 1938, as SS Mormacwren, a Maritime Commission type (C2) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 20), at Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, PA. for Moore-McCormack Lines
  • Launched, 15 June 1939
  • Acquired by the Navy, 6 June 1941
  • Commissioned USS Algorab (AK-25), 15 June 1941, at Boston, MA., CDR. Thomas B. Inglis in command
  • During World War II Algorab was served in both the European and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    North African Occupation
    Algerian-Morocco landings, 8 to 18 November 1942     		Consolidation of the Solomon Islands
    Consolidation of the southern Solomon Islands, February to June 1943
    . New Georgian Group operation
    New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 30 June 1943
    . Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 10 April 1945
    Hit by Japanese Kamikaze, 6 April 1945

  • Redesignated Attack Cargo Ship AKA-8, 1 February 1943
  • Decommissioned, 3 December 1945, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 December 1945
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 30 June 1946, for disposal
  • Sold by the Maritime Commission for commercial service in 1947
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1973
    Specifications:
    Displacement 14,225 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 1"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 26' 5"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 397
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    eight 40mm AA gun mounts
    eighteen 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion one 2-stroke, 4 cylinder single-acting Doxford Diesel, single propeller, 6,000shp
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