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AKA-23 Aurelia

Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship: Laid down, 5 February 1941, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 1884), at Welsh-Kaiser Co., Providence, RI; Launched, 4 July 1944; Commissioned USS Aurelia (AKA-23), 14 October 1944; Decommissioned, 14 March 1946 at Orange Tx.; Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946; Returned to the Maritime Commission (date unknown); Final Disposition, fate unknown. Aurelia earned one battle star for 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.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	127k	Aurelia (AKA-23), 24, October 1944, off the US east coast NARA photo # 80-G-289732, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.		Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Vol. 1 A, pg. 487

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