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AG-43 / IX-102 Majaba

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
  • Build in 1919 as Meriden at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, OR.
  • On 23 April 1942 she was acquired by the US Navy as El Capitan, under charter from E.K. Wood Lumber Co., San Francisco, CA., and commissioned, Majaba (AG-43)
  • Decommissioned and placed in service as Majaba (IX-102), 1 July 1943
  • Placed out of service, 14 March 1946, at NOB Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I.and delivered to the WSA for return to her owner
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 March 1946
  • Majaba received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,070 t.
    Length 300'
    Beam 44' 1"
    Draft 17' 11"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount
    Propulsion unknown, single propeller
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