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ARG-13 / AG-69 Burias

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Basilan Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary
  • Planned as Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship ARG-13
  • Laid down, 11 February 1944, as SS Mollie Moore Davis, a Maritime Commission type (EC-2-S-C1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 2458) at Delta Shipbuilding Corp., New Orleans, LA.
  • Redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary, AG-69, 14 March 1944
  • Launched, 27 March 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy, 24 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS Burias (AG-69), 24 April 1944, at Mobile, AL., Lt. William M. Aye, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 9 April 1946, at Pearl Harbor, T.H.
  • Towed to San Francisco in March 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 July 1947
  • Turned over to the Maritime Commission, 15 August 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 2 November 1970, to Zidell Explorations, Inc., of Portland, OR.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,371 t.(lt) 14,350 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 23'
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 927
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    three 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    four single 40mm AA gun mounts
    twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950hp
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    Burias 19k Burias (AG-69) underway, date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII Web Site
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    DANFS History entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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