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USS Giansar (AK-111)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Lima - Xray
NHLX

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 - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal

Crater Class Cargo Ship:

Laid down. 27 December 1942, as SS Thomas Ewing a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 625) at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, OR.

Launched, 19 January 1943

Acquired by the US Navy, 5 October 1943

Commissioned, USS Giansar (AK-111), 29 October 1943, LCDR. Gerald J. King, USNR in command

Decommissioned, 28 November 1945, at Norfolk, VA.

Delivered to the Maritime Commission the same day

Name reverted to SS Thomas Ewing, laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 December 1945

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Bethlehem Steel Corp, 31 July 1961, removed, 8 August 1861, scrapping completed, 24 April 1963, at Bethlehem Steel Corp, Sparrow Point

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

Complement

Officers 17

Enlisted 237

Largest Boom Capacity 50 t.

Cargo Capacity 7,750 DWT

non-refrigerated 435,584 Cu ft.

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount

two single 40mm AA gun mounts

six single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacity

NSFO 7,285 Bbls

Propulsion

one Iron Fireman vertical triple expansion reciprocating steam engine

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

single propeller, 2,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	133k	*USS Giansar* (AK-111)** (aft plan view) prior to conversion for Naval Service at San Francisco, 16 Oct. 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7171-43, 10/16/43.	Darryl Baker
	186k	*USS Giansar* (AK-111)** (forward plan view) prior to conversion for Naval Service at San Francisco, 16 Oct. 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7173-43, 10/16/43.	Darryl Baker
	68k	*USS Giansar* (AK-111)** (bow view) at anchor off San Francisco, 8 November 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7535-43, 11/8/43.	Darryl Baker
	50k	*USS Giansar* (AK-111)** (stern view) at anchor off San Francisco, 8 November 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7536-43, 11/8/43.	Darryl Baker
	74k	*USS Giansar* (AK-111)** (broadside view) at anchor off San Francisco, 8 November 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7538-43, 11/8/43.	Darryl Baker
	543k	*USS Giansar* (AK-111)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Janice Carroll for her uncle Robert Yost S2/c USNR USS YMS-54
0913011107	38k	*USS Giansar* (AK-111) enters the a harbor at Cebu Island, Philippines, 29 May 1945. Giansar** was the first cargo ship to enter the harbor since the Japanese occupation. She was block loaded to support a U.S. Army division for 30 days. U.S. National Archives 111-SCA-Album_2842_001.jpg, US Army Signal Corps photo # SC 205887	Tommy Trampp

USS Giansar (AK-111)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. King, Gerald J. USNR	29 October 1943 - 28 November 1945


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