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AKA-46 Troilus

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, 18 March 1945, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1907), at Welsh-Kaiser Co., Inc, Shipbuilding Division, Providence R.I.
  • Launched, 11 May 1945
  • Commissioned USS Troilus (AKA-46), 5 June 1945, LCDR. Nathan McKenzie, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 14 June 1946, at New York
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 July 1946
  • Returned the Maritime Commission, 28 August 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 17 April 1967, to Union Metals and Alloys Corp., New York, N.Y.
    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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    Troilus 116k Troilus (AKA-46) launching at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Inc., Shipbuilding Division, Providence, R.I., 11 May 1945.Welsh-Kaiser Co. photo number V11 Thomas Weaver USMC
    Troilus 79k Troilus (AKA-46) underway, date and place unknown. David Brown for his father Jack C. Brown USS Troilus
    Troilus 80k Troilus (AKA-46) probably in San Francisco Bay, CA., with passengers from Okinawa on board, while taking part in Operation "Magic Carpet", 29 November 1945. Note: her decks are crowded with men.
    US Navy photo # NH 80013 courtesy of James Russell, a US Naval Historical Center Phot0.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Troilus 83k Troilus (AKA-46) Commanding Officer LCDR Nathan MacKenzie's message to his crew at commissioning, 5 June 1945. David Brown for his father Jack C. Brown USS Troilus
    Troilus 62k Troilus (AKA-46) list of officers attached at commissioning, 5 June 1945. David Brown for his father Jack C. Brown USS Troilus
    View the Troilus (AKA-46)
    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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