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AKA-26 Corvus

Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship: Built as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull a under Maritime Commission contract at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Providence RI; Launched, 24 September 1944; Commissioned USS Corvus (AKA-26), 20 November 1944; Decommissioned. 23 March 1946 at Orange TX; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Returned to the Maritime Administration, 31 October 1946 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 4,087 t.(lt) 7,080 t.(fl); Length 426'; Beam 58'; Draft 16'5"; Speed 16.9kts; Complement 303; Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four twin 40mm gun mounts, ten single 20mm gun mounts; Boats 12 LCVP, 2 LCM(3); Troop Capacity 264; Propulsion, twin turbo-electric engines, two boilers, twin shafts, 6,600shp.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	118k	Corvus seen here in 1944		Robert C Marino BM2 USN Ret, 406 Ketchway, Nokomis Florida 34275

View the Corvus (AKA-26)
DANFS history entry Located on the Hazegray & Underway Web Site.

View the Corvus (AKA-26) Officers and Enlisted Crew Rosters Contributed by Robert C. Marino BM2 USN Ret

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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