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USS Orestes (AGP-10)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Xray - Bravo
NJXB

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - 30 December 1944) -,American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Personnel Awards

Purple Heart (45 KIA and WIA, 30 December 1944)

Varuna Class Motor Torpedo Boat Tender: Laid down as LST-135, 8 July 1943, at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca IL.

Redesignated a Motor Torpedo Boat Tender, 3 November 1943

Launched 16 November 1943

Converted at Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore, MD.

Commissioned USS Orestes (AGP-10), 25 April 1944, LT. Kenneth N. Mueller in command

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

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Western New Guinea operations Designated duty in connection with motor torpedo boat operations, 14 August to 7 November 1944	Leyte operations Leyte landings, 6 to 18 November and 22 to 29 November 1944

Decommissioned, 29 April 1946, at Oakland, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 23 April 1947

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 March 1948

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, date unknown, to Walter W Johnson Co., San Francisco, CA.

USS Orestes received two battle stares for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 3,960 t.(lt) 4,100 t.(fl)
Length 328'
Beam 50'
Draft 11' 2"
Speed 11.6 kts.
Complement

Officers 37

Enlisted 304
Largest Boom Capacity 50 t.
Boats two LCVP
Armament

two quad 40mm AA gun mounts

eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
Fuel Capacities

Diesel 4,480 Bbls

Gasoline 62,000 Gals
Propulsion

two General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines

single Falk Main Reduction Gears

Ship's Service Generators

three Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.

two Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.

two propellers, 1,800 shp, twin rudders

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
119k	*USS Orestes* (AGP-10)** underway in Chesapeake Bay off Port Covington, Baltimore, MD., 11 May 1944, just after completion of conversion. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-66058, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
320k	PT Squadron 25 (PTRON-25) boats nested alongside *USS Orestes* (AGP-10)** probably at Guinan Harbor, Samar, P.I. in late 1945. The boats were being prepared for deactivation. Photos courtesy Ens Robert Hostetter (deceased) XO PT-348, PT-350 and PT-596.	Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) Ret PT658 curator LCI713 AFMM secretary
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245k	A PT Squadron 25 (PTRON-25) boat being painted while hoisted on *USS Orestes* (AGP-10)*'s A-frame, probably at Guinan Harbor, Samar, P.I. in late 1945. Photos courtesy Ens Robert Hostetter (deceased) XO PT-348, PT-350* and PT-596.	Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) Ret PT658 curator LCI713 AFMM secretary
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USS Orestes (AGP-10)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical and Heritage Command

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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