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Left contributed by Richard Miller BMCS USNR. Ret, Right contributed by Don McGrogan BMCS, USN (Ret.) - Popular Patch

USS Sangay (AE-10)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Tango - Golf
NUTG

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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)

Sangay Class Ammunition Ship

Laid down, 30 October 1941, as SS Cape Sable, a Maritime Commission type (C1-B) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 225) at Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, TX.

Launched, 5 April 1942

Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 25 November 1942

Commissioned, USS Sangay (AE-10), 25 March 1943, CDR. W. D. Ryan in command

During WWII USS Sangay was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Marshall Islands operation Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 3 to 8 February 1944	Western Caroline Islands operation Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, Peleliu, 6 September to 14 October 1944

Following World War II USS Sangay (AE-10) was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 8 October 1945 to 28 January 1946

Decommissioned, 20 July 1947, at Orange, TX.

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

Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, 30 June 1960, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Beaumont, TX.

Struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1960

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 19 November 1980, by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), to Consolidated Andy, Corp., for $198,600

USS Sangay received two battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 6,400 t., 14,050 t. (lim)
Length 412' 3"
Beam 60'
Draft 23' 7"
Speed 14.8 kts.

Complement

officers 56

enlisted 282

Largest boom capacity 10 t.

Cargo Capacity 3,455 DWT

190,000 Cu ft. non-refrigerated

Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

three single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 9,345 Bbls

Propulsion

two Nordberg TS14219 Diesel engines

single Fairbanks-Morse Main Reduction Gear
Ship's Service Generators
two Diesel-drive 250Kw 120V/240V D.C.
one Diesel-drive 200Kw 120V/240V D.C.

single propeller, 6,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	22k	Starboard side view sketch of *USS Sangay* (AE-10)** as built.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	98k	Aerial view of *USS Sangay* (AE-10) underway off the Virginia Capes, 3 April 1943. Sangay** was specifically configured to carry mines. Note the platforms on her main deck for mine storage. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
19-N-45742	92k	*USS Sangay* (AE-10)** underway off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 11 April 1943. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo #'s 19-N-45742 and 19-N-45741, US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
19-N-45741	107k		Robert Hurst
	113k	Aerial view of *USS Sangay* (AE-10)** underway off the Virginia Capes, 3 May 1943, at the beginning of her first voyage as a mine and ammunition transport, photographed by a blimp based at Weeksville , N.C. An estimated 500 Mk.6 moored contact mines are included in the cargo, even though all the deck mine rail space is not occupied. The antenna for the SU surface search radar is installed at the forward edge of the funnel. (Caption courtesy "Warship International", No.4, 1980, p.338, where a detailed history and other photographs of this ship can be found). US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # 80-G-68136, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
	404k	*USS Sangay* (AE-10)** underway in late May 1943 off the coast of California. Note the mines on her deck. US Navy photo.	David Buell
	32k	*USS Sangay* (AE-10)** underway, date and location unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
	107k	Forward plan view of *USS Sangay* (AE-10)** moored pierside at San Francisco, CA., 9 November 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7532-43	Darryl Baker
	482k	Aft plan view looking forward of *USS Sangay* (AE-10)** moored pierside at San Francisco, CA., 9 November 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7533-43	Ed Zajkowski
	45k	Stern view of *USS Sangay* (AE-10)** at anchor off San Francisco, CA., 10 November 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7545-43	Darryl Baker
	63k	Bow on view of *USS Sangay* (AE-10)** at anchor off San Francisco, CA., 10 November 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7547-43	Darryl Baker
	71k	Broadside view of *USS Sangay* (AE-10)** at anchor off San Francisco, CA., 10 November 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7549-43	Darryl Baker
	139k	Forward view of *USS Sangay* (AE-10)** moored pierside in a shipyard at San Francisco, 5 March 1945. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-91344, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst

USS Sangay (AE-10)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Ryan, William David	25 March 1943 - 15 August 1944
02	LCDR. Taylor, Homer C.	15 August 1944 - 1945
03	LCDR. Hill, James Franklin, USN	12 December 1946


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