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USS Camanga (AG-42)
ex
 USS Point Bonita (ID#3496) (1918 - 1919)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Yankee - Juliet

NUYJ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Cargo Ship / Camanga Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary:
  • Built in 1918, at Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 27 March 1918
  • Completed in June 1918 and requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board (USSB), assigned the Identification Number (ID-3496)
  • Acquired by the Navy, 7 October 1918
  • Commissioned USS Point Bonita, 7 October 1918, LCDR. P. J. Hansen, USNRF, in command
  • Decommissioned, 7 April 1919, at New York and returned to the USSB
  • Sold in 1920 to the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
  • Sold in 1924 to Hammond Lumber Co., entered in the steam schooner trade under the name SS San Pedro
  • Reacquired by the Navy as SS Oliver Olson, 25 April 1942, at Honolulu, T.H. from the Oliver J. Olson & Co.
  • Commissioned, USS Camanga (AG-42), 25 April 1942, LT. R. M. Baughman, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 10 December 1945, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, the same day for disposal
  • Reacquired by the Oliver J. Olson Steamship Co.name reverted to SS Oliver Olson
  • Final Disposition, 30 November 30, 1953, ran aground at the tip of the south jetty at Coquille, OR. The ship was partially salvaged before the hull was filled with rocks and became an integral part of the jetty
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,671 t.(lt) 5,418 t.(fl)
    Length 300'
    Beam 44'
    Draft 21' 2"
    Speed 9 kts.
    Complement 60
    Armament
    three single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, single screw, 1,470shp
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    SS Point Bonita - (USSB)
    Camanga 80k SS Point Bonita on a trial run, 22 June 1918, off Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, OR.
    US Navy photo # NH 65124 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
    Camanga 57k SS Point Bonita photographed around the time of her inspection by the Third Naval District on 7 October 1918.
    US Navy photo # NH 100565 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
    Commercial Service
    Camanga 47k SS Oliver Olson underway, date and location unknown. George Murray
    USS Camanga (AG-42)
    Camanga 76k USS Camanga (AG-42) at San Francisco, 30 May 1943.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AG 42 4024-43 dated 5/30/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Camanga 47k Stern view of USS Camanga (AG-42) underway off San Francisco, 30 May 1943. The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge is in the background.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AG 42 4046-43 dated 5/30/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Camanga 63k Broad side view of USS Camanga (AG-42) underway off San Francisco, 30 May 1943.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AG 42 4049-43 dated 5/30/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Camanga 51k Bow on view of USS Camanga (AG-42) underway off San Francisco, 30 May 1943.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AG 42 4030-43 dated 5/30/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Camanga 47k USS Camanga (AG-42) underway, date and location unknown. George Murray
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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