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LST-1133 / AGP-18 Chiron

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Portunus Class Motor Torpedo Boat Tender:
  • Authorized as Tank Landing Ship (LST-1133)
  • Reclassified Motor Torpedo Boat Tender (AGP-18), 14 August 1944
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
  • Launched, 10 March 1945
  • Commissioned in reduced status, 23 March 1945, for transit to her completion yard at Baltimore MD.
  • Decommissioned, 17 April 1945, for conversion to a Motor Torpedo Boat Tender at Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Recommissioned, USS Chiron (AGP-18), 18 September 1945, Lcdr. P. L. Mangold, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 20 February 1946, at New York, N.Y.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Sold, 19 May 1947, and placed in commercial service in 1948, renamed Altamar
  • Final Disposition, lost 30 March 1960
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,179 t.
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 119
    Boats 2 LCVP
    Armament eight 40mm guns
    Propulsion 2 General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Chiron 23k Chiron (AGP-18) underway, date and place unknown. Christina Braddock for her grandfather Francis M. McQuade ME2/c USS Chiron
    Chiron 60k Chiron (AGP-18) Commissioning Ceremony Invitation. Christina Braddock for her grandfather Francis M. McQuade ME2/c USS Chiron
    Chiron 156k Chiron (AGP-18) Commissioning Ceremony Pamphlet. Christina Braddock for her grandfather Francis M. McQuade ME2/c USS Chiron
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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