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USS Circe (AKA-25)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Tango - Victor
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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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down in 1944 as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1886) at Welsh-Kaiser Co., Providence, R.I.
  • Launched, 4 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS Circe (AKA-25), 10 November 1944, LCDR. Victor J. Barnhart, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS Circe was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater;
    TransRon Fifteen, CAPT. W. S. Popham USN (14);
    TransDiv Forty-Five, CAPT. A.C. J. Sabalot USN (20) and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 6 April 1945

  • Following World War II USS Circe was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 8 October to 12 December 1945
  • Decommissioned, 20 May 1946, at Eureka Shipbuilding Corp, Newburgh, N.Y.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 26 June 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group, N.Y.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 22 January 1964, to First Steel and Ship Corp.
  • USS Circe received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,087 t.(lt) 7,080 t(fl)
    Length 426'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 16' (lim)
    Speed 16.9 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 27
    Enlisted 276
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo capacity 980 DWT
    non-refrigerated 110,000 Cu. ft.
    Boats
    one LCP(L)
    twelve LCVPs
    two LCMs
    Troop Capacity 264
    Fuel Capacities
    NSFO 9,540 Bbls
    Diesel 365 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two Westinghouse turbo-electric engines
    two Wickes boilers, 450psi 750°
    Ship's Service Generators
    two turbo-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    one turbo-drive 150Kw 450V A.C.
    two turbo-drive 250Kw 450V A.C.
    twin propellers, 6,000shp.
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    Circe 572k USS Circe (AKA-25) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Michael Slosson for his father Rosewell T. Slosson GM2/c USS Circe
    Circe 21k USS Circe (AKA-25) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Tony Justice, for his father Glenard Justice USS Circe Coxswain 1943-46
    Circe 926k USS Circe (AKA-25) ship's party, 16 November 1944, Lenox Hotel, Boston, MA. Michael Slosson for his father Rosewell T. Slosson GM2/c USS Circe
    Circe 415k USS Circe (AKA-25) Chief Petty Officers, March 1945. Front and back of photo. Steve Alexander for his grandfather Joseph F. Saltalamacchia, SKC USS Circe
    Circe 93k USS Circe (AKA-25) boat division crew photo. Glenard Justice is in the back row squatting, just in front of the third standing man from the right. Doyle Roberts is in the back row standing second from the end on the right. Tony Justice, for his father Glenard Justice USS Circe Coxswain 1943-46
    Circe 118k USS Circe (AKA-25) ship's office staff, March 1945.
    From left to right: sitting; E.F. Conley, Y2/c; L.E. LaSure Y3/c; standing: L.J. Wright, CY; R.P. Nagle, Y1/c; and W. Faria, Y2c.    		 Bill Faria Y2/c USS Circe
    Circe 539k USS Circe (AKA-25)'s C&R gang, group photo, date unknown. Michael Slosson for his father Rosewell T. Slosson GM2/c USS Circe
    Circe 436k USS Circe (AKA-25)'s L division, group photo, date unknown. Michael Slosson for his father Rosewell T. Slosson GM2/c USS Circe
    Circe 125k A partial list of USS Circe (AKA-25) ports of call , 24 June 1945 and 6 November 1945. Michael Slosson for his father Rosewell T. Slosson GM2/c USS Circe
    Circe 442k Rosewell T. Slosson's certificate for crossing the Equator aboard USS Circe (AKA-25), 31 January 1945. Michael Slosson for his father Rosewell T. Slosson GM2/c USS Circe
    Circe 709k USS Circe (AKA-25) decommissioning party, 12 April 1946, at Eureka Shipbuilding Corp., Newburgh, N.Y. Michael Slosson for his father Rosewell T. Slosson GM2/c USS Circe
    USS Circe (AKA-25)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Barnhart, Victor James10 November 1944 - 10 January 1946
    02LCDR. Hirth, Joseph W.10 January 1946 - 26 June 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    MARAD Vessel History Database
    USS Circe (AKA-25) history from HyperWar
    USS Circe personnel perspectives by Edward F. Tamas MM3/c and Doyle Roberts S2/c
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