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	USS Asterion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Asterion has been the name of two ship of the United States Navy.
		USS Asterion (AK-100), a cargo ship that served during both World Wars.
		USS Asterion (AF-63) was originally named Arcadia Victory and was acquired by the Navy in 1961 as a store ship.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Asterion (117 words)

	USS Asterion (AK-100) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The mission assigned each ship was sail under the guise of a tramp proceeding independently in the hope of luring U-boat to the surface and destroying the with gunfire before she could realize what happening.
		Asterion's third cruise commenced on May 4 1942 from New York and she sailed Key West and Norfolk proceeding as an routed merchantman or as a straggler from convoy.
		Returning to York on August 18 Asterion sailed at the end of the for her sixth cruise which took her the waters that she had traversed on fifth patrol.
	www.freeglossary.com /USS_Asterion_(AK-100) (1314 words)

	USS Asterion
		Arriving at Norfolk, Va., on 31 March 1942, Asterion set out for her second cruise on 4 April, and that afternoon witnessed the torpedoing of the tanker SS Comol Rio by U-154.
		Asterion's third cruise commenced on 4 May 1942 from New York, and she sailed between Key West and Norfolk, proceeding as an inde pendently routed merchantman or as a straggler from a convoy.
		Returning to New York on 18 August, Asterion sailed at the end of the month for her sixth cruise, which took her through the waters that she had traversed on the fifth patrol.
	www.multied.com /navy/Transport/Asterion.html (933 words)

	USS Asterion AK100 - Definition up Erdmond.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		USS ''Asterion'' (AK-100, AK-63, WAK-123) was a Q-ship of the United_States_Navy named for Asterion, a star in the constellation Canum_Venaticorum.
		Asterion's third cruise commenced on May_4, 1942, from New York, and she sailed between Key West and Norfolk, proceeding as an independently routed merchantman or as a straggler from a convoy.
		Returning to New York on August_18, ''Asterion'' sailed at the end of the month for her sixth cruise, which took her through the waters that she had traversed on the fifth patrol.
	www.erdmond.com /USS_Asterion_(AK-100).html (1285 words)

	USS Atik
		At the outset, all connected with the program apparently harbored the view that neither ship "was expected to last longer than a month after commencement of [her] assigned duty." Atik's holds were packed with pulpwood, a somewhat mercurial material.
		Asterion, too, had heard her sister ship's cry for help and plodded to the scene, Lt. Comdr.
		Legwen deeming his orders "sufficiently broad to proceed immediately to her assistance," but Asterion encountered casualties to her steering gear, and only continued the search for 24 hours before being forced to put into Hampton Roads for repairs.
	www.multied.com /navy/Transport/Atik.html (1284 words)

	USS Atik (AK-101) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		USS Atik (AK-101) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy named for al-Atik a double star in the constellation Perseus.
		The and the destroyer encountered such heavy weather Sagamore was recalled on March 25 ; Noa searched the area until fuel shortage her to return to New York on March 30.
		Asterion had intercepted the distress messages from Atik and proceeded directly to the area Commander Legwen deeming his orders "sufficiently broad proceed immediately to her assistance " but Asterion encountered casualties to her steering gear only continued the search for 24 hours being forced to put into Hampton Roads for repairs.
	www.freeglossary.com /USS_Atik_(AK-101) (1381 words)

	ipedia.com: USS Atik (AK-101) Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		USS Atik was a Q-ship of the United States Navy named for al-Atik, a double star in the constellation Perseus.
		On the night of March 26-27, Atik was cruising about 300 miles east of Norfolk, Virginia and Asterion was cruising some 240 miles to the south of this area.
		Asterion had intercepted the distress messages from Atik and proceeded directly to the area, Lieutenant Commander Legwen deeming his orders "sufficiently broad to proceed immediately to her assistance," but Asterion encountered casualties to her steering gear, and only continued the search for 24 hours before being forced to put into Hampton Roads for repairs.
	www.ipedia.com /uss_atik__ak_101_.html (1454 words)

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		The story of the legendary USS Wahoo SS-238 and Captain Mush Morton as told by a crew-member who was transferred an hour before Wahoo departed for her last fatal patrol in the Sea of Japan.
	www.sonic.net /~books/sub.html (11379 words)

	Second World War Books: Review
		Work was completed on schedule and the Q-ships -- Evelyn becoming USS Asterion and Carolyn becoming USS Atik -- were commissioned on 5 March 1942, less than two months after FDR expressed his desire to Admiral King for decoy ships.
		Steaming south and offering itself as U-boat bait, Asterion was challenged and nearly attacked by other US anti-submarine forces when the disguised vessel insisted on sailing into waters where a U-boat had been spotted.
		Asterion, old and unreliable and barely able to make way, limped into New York for overhaul.
	www.stonebooks.com /archives/990715.shtml (1466 words)

	Civilian Ships--Evelyn (American Freighter, 1912) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Served as USS Asterion (AK-100, later AK-63) in 1942-1944 and as USCGC Asterion (WAK-123) in 1944
		The ship was fitted out as a "Q" ship, whose appearance as a helpless freighter was expected to lure German submarines into range of her concealed battery of guns and depth charges.
		Though assigned the registry ID # 2228, Evelyn was not taken over by the Navy during World War I. In February 1942 she became USS Asterion (AK-100, later AK-63), which was employed as a "Q-ship" in 1942-1943.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-civil/civsh-e/evelyn.htm (374 words)

	DAILY CHRONOLOGY OF COAST GUARD HISTORY: JUNE
		Her crew of six men and a passenger were rescued by the lifesaving crew.
		Although Asterion was able to proceed under its own power, the Japanese ship had to be towed by the commercial tugs to San Francisco.
		A Coast Guard manned assault transport, the USS Bayfield, served as the command and control vessel for the assault at Utah beach.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/Chronology_Jun.html (4469 words)

	Canes Venatici
		The more northern one is Asterion, Starry, from the little stars marking the body; and the other, which contains the two brightest stars, is Chara, meaning Dear and 'dear to the heart of her master (Icarius of Bootes)'.
		The Dogs, Asterion and Chara, missed Icarius, their master, and began to whine.
		July 3rd 1988 The USS "Vincennes" shot down an Iran Air jetliner over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard, after the Vincennes crew misidentified the plane as an Iranian F-14 fighter.
	www.winshop.com.au /annew/CanesVenatici.html (1353 words)

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		The cover-up of America's greatest wartime disaster at sea, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis with the loss of 880 lives.
		The uncensored account of the events leading up to the capture of the secret spy ship USS Pueblo and the torture and imprisonment of its crew by the North Koreans as told by the Executice Officer.
		The story of His Majesty's Frigate Macedonian, launched at Woolwich in 1810 at the height of the Napoleonic wars, captured by the Americans in 1812 and recommissioned as the USS Macedonian, converted into a seaside hotel, burned in the Bronx in 1922.
	www.sonic.net /~books/navy.html (9570 words)

	American Campaign/American Theater Service Medal Display Recognition
		USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) (antisubmarine operations) 24 April 45
		USS Atik (SS Carolyn (antisubmarine operations) 27 March 42
		USS Asterion (SS Evelyn) (antisubmarine operations) 22 March 42-31 Jan. 43
	www.amervets.com /replacement/ac.htm (1990 words)

	Reunion Hall Archive
		My father, Garfield Thompson served on DE323 (U.S.S. He was part of the original crew and served on convoy duty across to North Africa in 1944.
		My duty stations were the USS General C. Muir, AP-142 and the USS General W. Richardson, AP-118 and my final duty station was in the Office of the Commander, 8th Coast Guard District, Custom House, 423 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.
		My dad, Charles Sabbides was on the USS Tampa between 1942 and 1945 in the North Atlantic.
	www.fredsplace.org /reunion/sg/ark/0170_ark.shtml (3192 words)

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		Regarding their announced USS New York, is it essentially similar to their Texas (they were sister ships) or does it represent the USS New York at a different period?
		I looking for drawing, plans and renderings of the battleship USS Maryland at the time of commissioning (circa 1921).
		Companion to Cruisers of WW2 and Destroyers of WW2 by M.J.Whitley $55.00 list--$45.00 prepublication Q-Ships Versus U-Boats: America's Secret Project 272 pages, 16 photos, 8 line drawings The author was an officer on one of the decoy ships, the USS Asterion.
	www.smmlonline.com /archives/VOL0433.txt (3695 words)

	uboat.net - Naval Warfare Books - Q-ships versus U-boats by Beyer, Kenneth
		Descripton: About the work of the American Q-ships Atik and Asterion in defending the U.S. coastline immediately after Operation Drumbeat in 1942.
		Much of this book deals with the encounters of U-123 with both Q-ships.
		From the uboat.net review: This book covers the initial operations of the American Q-ships Atik and Asterion, pre-World War I era merchantmen originally named Carolyn and USS Asterion.
	www.uboat.net /books/item/879 (104 words)

	wer-weiss-was \| "Q-Schiff" \| aus Forum Militärhistorie
		Dieser Einsatz mißlang aber, da die als Frachter bzw.
		Fischdampfer getarnten USS Asterion und Eagle keine U-Boote sichteten.
		Die Briten sahen vor allem zu Beginn in der deutschen U-Bootflotte keinerlei Gefahr.
	www.wer-weiss-was.de /theme138/article1556178.html (345 words)

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