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USS Brontes AGP-17)
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 USS LST-1125 (1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Yankee - Whiskey
 NJYW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Alecto Class Motor Torpedo Boat Tender
  • Laid down as LST-1125, 15 November 1944, at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca IL.
  • Launched, 6 February 1945
  • Placed in reduced commission as , 17 February 1945, Algiers, LA.
  • Decommissioned, 10 March 1945, at Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore, MD., for conversion to a Motor Torpedo Boat Tender
  • Recommissioned, 14 August 1945, as USS Brontes (AGP-17), LT. W. B. Reanden, Jr., in command
  • Decommissioned, 14 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Commercial Service
  • Sold for commercial service, 1 April 1946, renamed MV GP-17, later in the same year renamed MV Barbara
  • Resold in 1948 to Mineral Transport Corp., Liberia, renamed MV Diane, reflagged Liberian
  • Resold in 1956 to Transportes Marimes, Mexico, renamed MV Xalapa, reflagged Mexican
  • Final Disposition, driven aground, 27 October 1949, at Manzanilla, Mexico by hurricane. Constructive total loss
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,179 t.(lt)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2"
    Speed 11.6 kts.
    Complement 119
    Boats two LCVP
    Armament eight single 40mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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