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AKA-39 Sarita

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 December 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1900), at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Providence, R.I.
  • Launched, 23 February 1945
  • Commissioned USS Sarita (AKA-39), 22 March 1945, LCDR. Erwin E. Smith in command
  • Decommissioned, 29 January 1947, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 29 January 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1947
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 8 June 1966, to Zidell Explorations Inc.
    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 single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four dual 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo capacity 4,450DWT
    Boats
    one LCP(L)
    twelve LCVPs
    eight LCM(3)s
    Troop Accommodations 264
    Propulsion two turbo-electric engines, twin shafts, 6,000shp
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    Sarita 83k Sarita (AKA-39) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Ray Bleam, Son-In Law of Dudley P. Smith BM1/c USS Sarita
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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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