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AKA-33 Ostara

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship
  • Laid down, 13 October 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1894) at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Providence, R.I.
  • Launched, 21 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS Ostara (AKA-33), 31 January 1945, LCDR. Alfred St. Martin, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 1 March 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
  • Returned to the War Shipping Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 2965
    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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    Ostara 53k Ostara (AKA-33) at anchor, circa early 1945, place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Rick Smith in honor of his father James E. Smith USS Ostara
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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
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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