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AKA-24 Birgit

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)
Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 22 February 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1885) at Welsh-Kaiser Co., Providence, R.I.
  • Launched, 18 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS Birgit (AKA-24), 28 October 1944, Cdr. Gerald J. Burke, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 15 March 1946, at Orange, TX.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 May 1946
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission 1 July 1946, at Mobile, AL.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in January 1972
    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 dual 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo capacity 4,450 DWT
    Boats
    one LCP(L)
    twelve LCVP
    eight LCM(3)
    Troop Accommodations 264
    Propulsion two turbo-electric engines, twin shafts, 6,000shp
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    Birgit 58k Birgit (AKA-24) at anchor circa 1945, place unknown.
    US Navy # NH 83249 courtesy Donald M. McPherson, 1975, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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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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