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USS Mount Katmai (AE-16)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - India - Charlie
 NUIC
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Korea Service Medal (9) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Quemoy-Matsu, 1-Vietnam)- Vietnam Service Medal (12)
Fourth Row - United Nations Korea Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Mount Hood Class Ammunition Ship:
  • Laid down, 11 November 1944 as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1704) at North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, N.C.
  • Launched, 6 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS Mount Katmai (AE-16), 21 July 1945 at Jacksonville, FL., CDR C.H. Ross, in command
  • During World War II USS Katmai was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • During the Korean War USS Katmai participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    North Korean Aggression
    17 August to 12 September 1950
    18 September to 27 October 1950     		UN Summer-Fall Offensive
    9 to 15 July 1951
    29 July to 10 August 1951
    8 to 18 September 1951
    2 to 10 and 19 to 26 October 1951
    30 October to 3 Nov 1951
    Communist China Aggression
    6 November 1950 to 19 January 1951     		Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
    12 to 25 May 1952
    30 May to 2 June 1952
    17 to 30 June 1952
    11-16 July 1952
    24 July to 6 August 1952
    20 August to 3 September 1952
    26 September to 9 October 1952
    23 October to 6 November 1952
    18 to 30 November 1952
    Inchon Landing
    13 to 17 September 1950     		Third Korean Winter
    1 to 12 and 16 to 17 December 1952
    1 to 9 January 1953
    First UN Counter Offensive
    29 January to 22 March 1951
    19 to 21 April 1951     		Korea, Summer-Fall 1953
    3 to 27 July 1953
    Communist China Spring Offensive
    22 to 23 April 1951
    1 to 4 May 1951
    13 to 20 May 1951
    6 to 14 June 1951
    4 to 8 July 1951     		.

  • During the Vietnam War USS Mount Katmai participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Vietnam Defense
    6 July to 11 and 19 to 27 July 1965
    20 to 29 August 1965
    9 to 19 September 1965
    29 September to 9 October 1965
    15 to 27 October 1965
    3 to 19 November 1965     		Tet 69/Counteroffensive
    27 February to 11 March 1969
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
    6 to 20 July 1966
    10 to 23 August 1966
    2 to 18 and 21 to 22 September 1966
    2 to 17 October 1966
    27 October to 11 november 1966
    1 to 22 DEcember 1966
    30 December 1966 to 6 January 1967     		Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
    12 to 27 December 1969
    4 to 21 January 1970
    6 to 22 February 1970
    2 to March 1970
    29 March to 10 April 1970
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
    13 to 30 September 1967
    13 to 24 October 1967
    11 to 29 November 1967
    12 to 29 December 1967
    7 to 9 and 17 to 29 January 1968     		Sanctuary Counteroffensive
    7 May to 1 June 1970
    Tet Counteroffensive - Phase II
    30 to 31 January 1968
    8 to 21 February 1968
    29 February to 6 March 1968     		Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
    16 February to 14 March 1971
    20 to 29 March 1971
    10 to 24 April 1971
    3 to 12 May 1971
    20 May to 4-June 1971
    13 to 20 June 1971
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V
    3 to 12 October 1968
    24 October to 1 November 1968     		Consolidation I
    9 to 16 and 26 to 27 July 1971
    31 July to 16 August 1971
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI
    2 and 15 to 20 November 1968
    30 November to 12 December 1968
    19 to 30 DEcember 1968
    8 to 13 and 24 to 29 January 1969
    3 to 13 February 1969     		Vietnam Ceasefire
    2 to 12 May 1972
    23 May to 6 June 1972
    19 June to 7 July 1972
    18 to 29 July 1972
    20 to 31 August 1972
    16 to 25 September 1972
    13 to 27 January 1973

  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 14 August 1973
  • Turned over to Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 5 April 1974, to Nicolai Joffe Corp., for $243,210.00
  • USS Mount Katmai received nine battle stars for Korean service and twelve campaign stars for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 14,400 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 2"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 28' 3"
    Speed 16.4 kts.
    Complement 290
    Armament
    one single5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount
    four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 400,000 Cu. ft.
    Fuel Capacities NSFO 10,925Bbls
    Propulsion
    one General Electric geared turbine
    two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers, 450psi 750°
    double General Electric Main Reduction Gear
    three turbo-drive Ship's Service Generators, 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    single propeller, 6,000shp
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    Mount Katmai 63k USS Mount Katmai (AE-16) underway in Sinclair Inlet off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 26 May 1947. Broadside view, starboard side.
    Puget Sound Naval Shipyard photo # NY8-811 now in the collections of the US National Archives Seattle Branch    		 Tracy White
    Mount Katmai 64k USS Mount Katmai (AE-16) underway in Sinclair Inlet off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 26 May 1947. Bow view approximately °45 off center.
    Puget Sound Naval Shipyard photo # NY8-812 now in the collections of the US National Archives Seattle Branch    		 Tracy White
    Mount Katmai 61k USS Mount Katmai (AE-16) underway in Sinclair Inlet off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 26 May 1947. Stern view from After Center Line.
    Puget Sound Naval Shipyard photo # NY8-813 now in the collections of the US National Archives Seattle Branch    		 Tracy White
    Mount Katmai 49k USS Mount Katmai (AE-16) underway in Sinclair Inlet off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 26 May 1947. Head on view.
    Puget Sound Naval Shipyard photo # NY8-814 now in the collections of the US National Archives Seattle Branch    		 Tracy White
    Mount Katmai 48k USS Mount Katmai (AE-16) underway in Sinclair Inlet off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 26 May 1947. View from directly astern.
    Puget Sound Naval Shipyard photo # NY8-815 now in the collections of the US National Archives Seattle Branch    		 Tracy White
    Mount Katmai 135k USS Mount Katmai (AE-16) transferring bombs during underway replenishment with USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) off Korea, 29 November 1950. Note: Crewmen standing in the carrier's forward hangar bay, and Grumman F9F-2 "Panther" fighters and LeTourneau crane parked on her flight deck. Crewmen on Mount Katmai are wearing cold weather clothing. A few days after this photo was taken, Philippine Sea commenced a period of close-support operations in the vicinity of the Chosin Reservoir.
    US Navy National Archives photo # 80-G-439879, a US Navy photo now in the collection of the US National Archives    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Mount Katmai 157k US Navy ships take on supplies while moored in Sasebo harbor, circa December 1950. Photographed from USS Princeton (CV 37), which arrived in the area on her first Korean War deployment in early December. Among the ships in the background are USS Mount Katmai (AE 16), in left center, and USS Comstock (LSD 19), at right. Planes on Princeton's deck are AD "Skyraiders".
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-423620, a US Navy photo now in the collection of the US National Archives    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Mount Katmai 113k USS Mount Katmai (AE-16) off Point Loma as she enters San Diego Bay, date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Mount Katmai 46k USS Mount Katmai (AE-16) underway, circa 1955, location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1956-57".    		 Robert Hurst
    View series of photos of USS Mount Katmai undergoing Inclining Experiments at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 2 March 1949
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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