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SP-2078 / AK-7 / AG-13 Pensacola

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Haitian Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal
  • Laid down (date unknown) as Nicaria at Aktierges, Neptun, Rostock, Germany
  • Seized by the US Government, 8 May 1917, at Southport, N.C.
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 9 June 1917
  • Commissioned USS Pensacola (SP 2078), 8 October 1917. LCDR. Frederick Marcus, USNRF, in command
  • Designated Cargo Ship (AK-7), 17 July 1920
  • Redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG-13), 26 June 1922
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 14 March 1925, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Final Disposition sold, 5 August 1925, to M. M. Davidson of Stockton, CA. and on 4 September 1925 Red Stack tugs towed ex-Pensacola out of Mare Island Navy Yard to Cooper Metal Co. for scrapping.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,821 t.
    Length 353' 11"
    Beam 51'
    Draft 21' 6"
    Speed 9.5 kts.
    Complement 144
    Armament one 4" gun, one 3" gun
    Propulsion system unknown
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    Pensacola 34k Pensacola (SP 2078) moored pierside, date and place unknown. .
    Pensacola 47k Pensacola (AG-13) moored pierside, circa 1924, location unknown. Robert Hurst
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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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    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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