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AKA-28 Hydrus

Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship: Laid down as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Welsh-Kaiser Co., Providence, RI; Launched, 28 October 1944; Commissioned USS Hydrus (AKA-28), 9 December 1944; Decommissioned, 26 March 1946, at Fort Schulyer NY. Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Selected by Maritime Commission to become the New York State Maritime Academy training ship, TS Empire State II; Returned to the Maritime Administration June 1956 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, April 1964, to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp., New York. Hydrus received 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 16.9kts; 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		Source
	43k	ex Hydrus (AKA-28), seen here as *TS Empire State II* State University of New York Maritime College, training vessel, circa 1946-1956		SUNY Maritime College Museum

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DANFS history entry located on the Hazegray & Underway Web Site.

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

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