by Mark LoProto | Feb 11, 2020 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Other Ships, Pacific Theater, World War II
Commissioned into service in the US Navy on December 21, 1921, the Sirius-class cargo ship USS Vega (AK-17) was originally launched as a Type 1022 civilian freighter named SS Lebanon. From 1921 to 1924, she was part of the Naval Transportation Service from the...
by Mark LoProto | Apr 4, 2019 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Other Ships, Ships
Naval ship categories often have names that sound important to wartime efforts. Destroyers, aircraft carriers, battleships, minelayers – they’re all very clearly involved in some form of naval combat. Some, however, aren’t so obvious. What, for example, are...
by Mark LoProto | Feb 22, 2019 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Destroyers, Other Ships, Pacific Theater
USS Ramsay (DD-124) was laid down as a Wickes-class destroyer at Newport News, VA in December of 1917, and launched on June 8, 1918. She was commissioned into service in the US Navy on February 15, 1919, under the command of Cmdr H. H. Norton. Early Service of USS...
by Mark LoProto | Dec 21, 2018 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Other Ships
USS Hoga (YT-146) isn’t particularly well-known among the ships that were based at Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack on December 7, 1941. The much-larger battleships, with their thousands of crewmen, were the primary targets for the Imperial Japanese Navy. But...
by Mark LoProto | Aug 27, 2018 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Other Ships, Pacific Theater
Originally built as a civilian cargo ship, USS Rigel (AD-13/ARb-1/AR-11) was commissioned into the US Navy on February 24, 1922 as an Altair-class destroyer tender named for the brightest star in the Orion constellation. After refitting and shakedown, Rigel was...
by Mark LoProto | Aug 1, 2018 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Other Ships, Pacific Theater, World War II
Named for the brightest star in the Scorpius constellation, USS Antares (AG-10, later re-designated AKS-3) was laid down in 1918 and commissioned into the US Navy on February 23, 1922. Once she sailed out as a member of the United States Navy, Antares joined the Fleet...
