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USS Sirona (AKA-43)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Oscar - Romeo
NTOR

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, LCDR. Joseph A. F. Neal USNR in command

During her brief career USS Sirona served in both the Europe-Africa-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters transporting troops from one to the other

While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS Sirona came under the command of
TransRon Twenty-four, COMO. E. L. Short;
TransDiv Seventy-one, CAPT. W. P. Davis USN (17)

Following World War II USS Sirona was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 to 28 September 1945	29 September to 2 December 1945

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 12 June 1946, at South Boston MA. and simultaneously returned to the Maritime Commission for service as the training ship TS Yankee States at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy (shared with the Maine Maritime Academy)

Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946

Decommissioned, 17 July 1947, at South Boston, MA.

Laid up, 29 July 1947, in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 7 May 1966, to Boston Metals Corp, Baltimore MD. Removed 7 June 1966. Scrapping completed 21 May 1968

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.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	165k	*USS Sirona* (AKA-43)** underway, probably during her builders trials off Providence, R.I., circa June 1945. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 78593		Joe Radigan, MACM USN Ret.
	74k	*USS Sirona* (AKA-43)** moored, date and location unknown.		Gerhard Muller-Debus

USS Sirona (AKA-43)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Neal, Joseph Alexander Francis USNR	10 May 1945 - 18 December 1945
02	CAPT. Taylor, Francis USN (20)	18 December 1945 - 12 June 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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