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AKA-31 Medea

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 5 August 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1892) at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Providence, R.I.
  • Launched, 30 November 1944
  • Commissioned USS Medea (AKA-31), 10 January 1945, Cdr. Wesley A. Sherberth in command
  • During World War II Medea was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 24 April 1946, at New Orleans, LA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 October 1946
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 27 October 1946
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1965
  • Medea 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 16.9 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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    Medea 104k Media (AKA-31) with her decks crowded with troops, probably upon arrival in San Francisco Bay, CA., circa late 1945 or early 1946.
    US Navy photo # NH 78150 courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.    		 Fred Weiss
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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