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AKA-21 Artemis

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2 stars)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 23 November 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 1882), at Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc. Providence, R.I.
  • Launched, 20 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS Artemis (AKA-21), 29 August 1944, LCDR. Thomas J. Rattray USN in command
  • Decommissioned, 10 January 1947, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register 25 February 1947
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 1 April 1948, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, during 1960s to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp., New York City, N.Y.
  • Artemis earned two battle stars for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,087 t.(lt) 7,080 t.(fl)
    Length 426'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 16' 5"
    Speed 16.9 kts.
    Complement 303
    Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four twin 40mm gun mounts, ten single 20mm gun mounts
    Cargo capacity 4,450 DWT
    Boats one LCP(L), twelve LCVP, eight LCM(3)
    Troop Capacity 264
    Propulsion two turbo-electric engines, twin propellers, 6,000shp
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    Artemis 41k Artemis (AKA-21) underway, 8 September, 1944, place unknown. .
    Artemis 82k Artemis (AKA-21) at anchor, date and place unknown. Gerald I. Williams ETM2 USS Artemis Feb-Jun 1946
    Artemis 92k Artemis (AKA-21) at anchor, date and place unknown. Gerald I. Williams ETM2 USS Artemis Feb-Jun 1946
    Artemis 112k Artemis (AKA-21) underway, date and place unknown. Gerald I. Williams ETM2 USS Artemis Feb-Jun 1946
    Artemis 141k Artemis (AKA-21) underway, date and place unknown. Gerald I. Williams ETM2 USS Artemis Feb-Jun 1946
    Artemis 58k Artemis (AKA-21) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "ONI 222-US, United States Naval Vessels, Official United States Navy Reference Manual, Prepared by Division of Naval Intelligence, 1 September 1945."    		 Lou Sander
    Artemis 17k Artemis (AKA-21) underway, date and place unknown. Gunter Krebs
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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
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