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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USS Ganymede (AK-104)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - November - Hotel
NTNH

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

Crater Class Cargo Ship:

Laid down,16 May 1943, as SS James W. Nye, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 1571) at Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, CA.

Launched, 8 June 1943

Acquired by the US Navy, 23 June 1943

Commissioned, USS Ganymede (AK-104), 31 July 1943, LCDR. Glenn H. Melichar in command

During World War II USS Ganymede was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Decommissioned, 15 April 1946, at Pearl Harbor, T.H.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1947

Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 1 October 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 19 March 1973, to Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp, for scrapping in Taiwan

Specifications:
Displacement 4,023 t.(lt) 14,550 t.(fl)
Length 441' 6"
Beam 56' 11"
Draft 28' 4"
Speed 12.5 kts.

Complement

Officers 29

Enlisted 190

Cargo Capacity non-refrigerated 412,439 Cu. ft. 7,750DWT

Largest Boom Capacity 50 t.

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four single 40mm AA gun mounts

six single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacity

NSFO 7,285 Bbls

Propulsion

one Joshua Hendy Ironworks vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine

two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers, 220psi 450°
Ship's Service Generators
one turbo-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.
three recip-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.

one propeller, 2,500shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
134k	*USS Ganymede* (AK-104)** (amidships and aft plan view) moored pierside at San Francisco, CA., 29 June 1943, during conversion for Naval Service. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 4719-43, 6/29/43.	Darryl Baker
124k	*USS Ganymede* (AK-104)** (aft plan view) moored pierside at San Francisco, CA., 29 June 1943, during conversion for Naval Service. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 4720-43, 6/29/43.	Darryl Baker
102k	*USS Ganymede* (AK-104)** (forward plan view) moored pierside at San Francisco, CA., 29 June 1943, during conversion for Naval Service. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 4721-43, 6/29/43.	Darryl Baker
111k	*USS Ganymede* (AK-104)** (forward plan view) moored pierside at Alameda, CA., 4 August 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5663-43, 8/4/43.	Darryl Baker
79k	*USS Ganymede* (AK-104) (aft and amidships plan view) moored pierside at Alameda, CA., 4 August 1943. Circled items are alterations made to Ganymede** to make her suitable for Naval Service. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5666-43, 8/4/43.	Darryl Baker
76k	*USS Ganymede* (AK-104)** (broadside plan view) in San Francisco Bay, 16 August 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5878-43, 8/16/43.	Darryl Baker
64k	*USS Ganymede* (AK-104)** (bow on plan view) in San Francisco Bay, 16 August 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5880-43, 8/16/43.	Darryl Baker
135k	*USS Ganymede* (AK-104)** in San Francisco Bay, 16 August 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5877-43, 8/16/43.	David Nixon
65k	*USS Ganymede* (AK-104)** at anchor off Naval Shipyard Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA. in February 1946, prior to sailing for Pearl Harbor for final decommissioning.	Fred Bennett YN1/c USS Ganymede