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Contributed by Don McGroganBMCS, USN (Ret.) - Popular Patch

USS Akutan (AE-13)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Romeo - Whiskey
NJRW

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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal

Lassen Class Ammunition Ship:

Laid down, 20 June 1944, under a Maritime Commission contract at Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, FL.

Launched, 17 September 1944

Commissioned, USS Akutan (AE-13), 15 February 1945, CDR. Robert C. Brown in command

During World War II USS Akutan was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 21 May to 18 June 1945	3rd Fleet operations against Japan, 15 July to 15 August 1945

Decommissioned, 19 October 1946, at Orange TX.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, 8 March 1960

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960

USS Akutan earned two battle stars for World War II service

Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX., 30 June 1960

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 16 February 1978, to B.S. & S. Inc. Beaumont, TX. Physically removed from the Reserve Fleet, 10 March 1978

Specifications:
Displacement 6,350 t.(lt) 14,225t.(fl)
Length 459'
Beam 63'
Draft 25' 11"
Speed 15.3 kts (trial)

Complement

Officers 21

Enlisted 260

Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

eight twin 20mm AA gun mounts

Cargo Capacity 387,000 Cu ft., 5,000 DWT

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 10,925 Bbls

Propulsion

one Nordberg Diesel, TSM219 Diesel engine

single Falk Main Reduction Gears Ship's Service Generators
two Diesel-drive 200Kw 120V D.C.
one Diesel-drive 150Kw 120V D.C.

single propeller, 6,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	83k	Akutan (AE-13) launching, 17 September 1944, at Tampa Bay Shipbuilding.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
19-N-81981	87k	*USS Akutan* (AE-13)*, painted in camouflage measure 32 design 13F, underway near Tampa, FL. 23 February 1945. US National Archives RG-19-LCM, photo #s 19-N-81981, 19-N-81979 & 19-N-81984*, US Navy Bureau of Ships photos, taken by Tampa Bay Shipbuilding, now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
19-N-81979	113k
19-N-81984	118k

USS Akutan (AE-13)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Brown Robert Copeland, USN (USNA 1921-B)	15 February 1945 - December 1945
02	LT. Chern, John Robert, USN	December 1945 - January 1946
03	CDR. Brown Robert Copeland, USN (USNA 1921-B)	January 1946 - June 1946
04	LT. Chern, John Robert, USN	June 1946 - 19 October 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
AE/AOE Sailors Association
MARAD Vessel History Database

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