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USS BETELGEUSE
AK (FBM) 260
REUNION ASSOCIATION
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The USS BETELGEUSE AK (FBM) 260 was the last of the AK's or cargo ships in service in the US Navy. The ship was constructed by the California Shipbuilding Company, Los Angeles, California and commissioned in the merchant service as the SS COLUMBIA VICTORY on May, 1944. From 1944 through 1948, she was operated by the Grace Lines, the Waterman Steamship Corporation and the Isthmian Steamship Company.
As A U.S. Merchant Marine ship the Columbia Victory was very active during World War II in the Pacific Operations. Her Naval Armed Guard crews earned "Battle Stars" for participating in the Assult-Occupation of Iwo Jima 25 Feb - 6 March 1945 and the Assult- Occupation of Okinawa Gunto 27 May - 4 June 1945. Click here for more detailed information.
In 1948, she was placed in Maritime Reserve Fleet until 1951 when she was purchased by the U.S. Government and converted for Navy use.
On April 15, 1952 at Savannah, Georgia, she was commissioned by the Navy as the USS BETELGEUSE AK260 and placed under operational control of the Service Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, with Commander L.A. Parker, U.S. Navy, commanding. Cargo ships, like the BETELGEUSE, were named after heavenly bodies; BETELGEUSE being a large star in the constellation Orion.
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