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AKA-44 Sylvania

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- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal

Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship:

Laid down, 25 February 1945, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1905), at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Providence R.I.

Launched, 25 April 1945

Commissioned USS Sylvania (AKA-44), 19 May 1945, LCDR. F. O. Bryce, USNR, in command

Decommissioned, 17 December 1946, at Bremerton, WA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 February 1947

Returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1964

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 4,450DWT
Boats

one LCP(L)

twelve LCVP

eight LCM(3)
Troop Accommodations 264
Propulsion two turbo-electric engines, twin shafts, 6,000shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
29k	Sylvania (AKA-44), date and place unknown.	USS Sylvania web site
37k	Sylvania (AKA-44), preparing for the occupation of Japan . Note LCM approaching *Sylvania* from aft port quarter, date and place unknown.	USS Sylvania web site
40k	Sylvania (AKA-44) underway, date and place unknown.	USS Sylvania web site
97k	Sylvania (AKA-44) at anchor, probably in San Francisco Bay, CA., circa late 1945. US Navy photo # NH 78598 Courtesy of James Russell. From the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center

View the Sylvania (AKA-44)
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
USS Sylvania

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