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AG-33 Kaula

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Kaula Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary:

Built, 1938 by Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith, Scotland

Acquired as Cubalhama, 3 January 1941 from her owner, Balboa Shipping Co., NY

Commissioned USS Kaula (AG-33), 22 January 1941 at Baltimore

Decommissioned, 14 January 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946

Final disposition, transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 July 1946 for sale to her former owners, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 2,100 t.
Length 267'
Beam 38' 3"
Speed 12 kts.
Complement 70
Armament two single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, four .50 cal. machine guns
Propulsion diesel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	40k	*Kaula* underway, 21 April 1943 US Navy photo from DANFS		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret

View the Kaula (AG-33)
DANFS history entry located at the Navsource 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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