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AKA-42 Sidonia

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship
  • Laid down, 1 February 1945, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1903), at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Providence R.I.
  • Launched, 7 April 1945
  • Commissioned USS Sidonia (AKA-42), 30 April 1945, LCDR. E. C. Earl in command
  • Decommissioned, 25 February 1946, at Everett WA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 29 June 1946
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
  • Transferred to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy for service as a school ship in 1947
  • Renamed Yankee States
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 7 December 1964, to Zidell Explorations Inc., Portland OR.
    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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