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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Don McGrogan, BMCS USN Ret.

AE-9 Mazama

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Uniform - Sierra - Alpha

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba, 1FEB-9MAR62) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal (4)
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba-24OCT-2DEC62, 1-Dominican Republic-2-14MAY65) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1) - Vietnam Campaign Medal

Lassen Class Ammunition Ship

Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (C2 Cargo) hull under a Maritime Commission contract at Tampa Shipbuilding Corp., Tampa, FL.

Launched, 15 August 1943

Commissioned, USS Mazama (AE-9), 10 March 1944, CDR. P. V. R. Harris, USNR, in command

During WWII Mazama was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan, 21 June to 11July 1944	Leyte operation Leyte Gulf landings, 23 October to 1 November 1944

Decommissioned, 3 August 1946, at San Diego, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group

Recommissioned, 24 April 1952

Decommissioned, 10 June 1957, at Orange TX.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange

Recommissioned, 27 November 1961

During the Vietnam War Mazama participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam Counteroffensive 12 to 25 May 1966 13 to 26 June 1966	Tet 69/Counteroffensive 20 April to 9 May 1969 6 to 8 June 1969
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase II 20 to 30 July 1966 18 August to 6 September 1966 10 to 13 September 1966 23 September to 8 October 1966 17 to 27 October 1966	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 9 to 24 June 1969 5 to 21 July 1969 7 to 27 August 1969 3 to 5 September 1969 26 September to 23 October 1969

Decommissioned in May 1970, at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1970

Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1973

Mazama earned two battle stars for World War II service and four campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Specifications:
Displacement 6,350 t.(lt) 13,855 t.(fl)
Length 459'
Beam 63'
Draft 25' 11"
Speed 16 kts.
Complement 280
Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

eight twin 20mm AA gun mounts
Cargo capacity 5,000DWT
Propulsion diesel, single shaft, 6,000hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	55k	Mazama (AE-9) underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo		"AE" Sailors Association

View the Mazama (AE-9)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
"AE" Sailors Association

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Last Updated 28 April 2006