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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:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, Peleliu, 15 to 21 September 1944     		Mine Sweeping operations
    Support of Mine Sweeping, Sasebo, 26 October to 17 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 by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 19 November 1980, fate unknown
  • 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 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
    Ship's Service Generators
    two 250Kw 120/240V D.C.
    one 150Kw 120/240V D.C.
    Fuel Capacity, 9,345 Bbls. diesel
    Propulsion
    one Nordberg diesel engine, TS14219
    single Faribanks-Morse Main Reduction Gear
    single propeller, 4,000shp
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    Sangay 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.    		 Robert Hurst
    Sangay
    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.    		 Robert Hurst
    Sangay
    19-N-45741    		 107k
    Sangay 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 ammuntion 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.    		 Robert Hurst
    Sangay 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
    Sangay 32k USS Sangay (AE-10) underway, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Sangay 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
    Sangay 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
    Sangay 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
    Sangay 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
    Sangay 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.    		 Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR. Ryan, William D.25 March 1943 - 15 August 1944
    02LCDR. Taylor, Homer C.15 August 1944 - 1945
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
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