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USS Octavia (AF-46)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Adria Class Stores Ship:
  • Laid down, 22 November 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (R1-M-AV3) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2338) at Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc, Beaumont, TX.
  • Launched, 18 January 1945
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 31 May 1945
  • Commissioned USS Octavia (AF-46), 19 June 1945, LT. Frank P. Benson in command
  • During World War II USS Octavia was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 12 August 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission the same day for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA. renamed MV Yardarm Knot
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 October 1946
  • Sold by the Maritime Administration in 1972 to Van Camp Sea Food Co, a division of Ralston Purina, San Diego, CA. , converted to fish factory ship
  • Sold in 1978 to Yardarm Knot, Inc. Seattle, WA. as a fish factory, name retained
  • Sold in 1986 to Yak, Inc. Seattle, WA., in 1995 company changed its name to Yardarm Knot, Inc. of Seattle.
  • Grounded and damaged near Dutch Harbor, AK., circa 1990
  • Registered in 1998 to Yardarm Knot Fisheries, Naknek, AK.
  • Sold in 2004 tp B.B. Momma Packers, Bainbridge Island, WA. as a fish factory, renamed Momma, homeported Seattle
  • As a result of lawsuits in 2006, sold to Industrial Resources
  • Sold in April 2006, to Front Street Management, Vancouver, WA.
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in August 2006 at Alang, India
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,139 t.(lt) 7,435 t.(fl)
    Length 338' 6"
    Beam 50'
    Draft 18'
    Speed 11.5 kts. (trial)
    Complement
    Officers 10
    Enlisted 74
    Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
    Cargo Capacity 3,170 DWT
    Non-refrigerated - 47,610 Cu ft
    Refrigerated - 114,580 Cu ft Armament
    one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
    six single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity - Diesel 6,300 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Nordberg Diesel TSM engine
    three 250Kw 120V/240V Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 1,700shp
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    USS Octavia (AF-46)
    Octavia 58k USS Octavia (AF-46) at anchor, probably in San Francisco Bay, CA., 1946.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 82221, Courtesy Donald M. McPherson, 1975.    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commercial Service
    Octavia
    09064602    		 181k Ex-USS Octavia (AF-46) in commercial service as th fish canning factory ship MV Yardarm Knot moored pierside probably Seattle, WA., circa 1980s. Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    USS Octavia (AF-46)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Benson, Frank Paul19 June 1945 - 29 December 1945
    02CDR. McDonald, Lucien Barry29 December 1945 - 12 August 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
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