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AKA-43 Sirona

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 - Europe-Africa-Middle East 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, 15 February 1945, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1904), at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Providence, R.I.
  • Launched, 17 April 1945
  • Commissioned USS Sirona (AKA-43), 10 May 1945
  • Decommissioned, 12 June 1946, at Boston MA. and simultaneously returned to the Maritime Commission for service as the Training Ship Yankee States at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy (shared with the Maine Maritime Academy)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946
  • Laid up, 29 July 1947, in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 17 May 1966, to Boston Metals Corp, Baltimore MD.
    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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    Sirona 73k Sirona (AKA-43) underway, probably during her builders trials, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan, MACM USN Ret.
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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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